If we archive a team what type of documents it puts on read only mode?

Question

If we archive a team what type of documents it puts on read only mode? Is there any option to put all type of document on read only mode in teams as we want to migrate large number of teams and if users are making changes then it wont be migrated which was happened during migration?

I have seen a behavior of excel files which allows users to make changes after archiving that particular team. so how we can stop this or what is feasible solution for this?

Answer 1

@Vinod Survase ,

When you archive teams, please remember to check the box of Make the SharePoint site read-only for teams members. The files are saved and managed in SharePoint site.

The following shows the steps:

1. Click the Gear icon at the bottom of the page > then click three dots next to the team which you want to archive > choose Archive team.
   
2. On the pop-up window, check the box of Make the SharePoint site read-only for teams members > click Archive button.
   

Here is a document listing two ways to archive teams. Please note ** Option 1: Archive MS Teams via Team Settings** and ** Option 2: Archive MS Teams via the Teams Admin Center** parts.

There is a note that team owners can still make changes to the files in archive teams. For members, they have read-only access to the files in archive teams.

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