Audit log retention policies

Question

With Advanced Audit, admins can create customized audit log retention policies to retain audit records for durations less than the default of 1 year or up to 10 years (add-on license). Is it possible for Microsoft to retain audits for more than 10 years?

Answer 1

Hi @TimothySaula-1099 ,

I understand that you are wondering whether it is possible to retain audit logs for more than 10 years with Advanced Audit. How long were you hoping to retain the logs?

As you correctly mentioned, the maximum is 10 years. While there is nothing out of the box that would allow you to increase the range, some Microsoft products do allow you to increase capacity through the creation of a support case. (I have reached out to the audit logs team to see if that would be possible in this situation, and will get back to you with their reply.)

Edit: You can also retain data indefinitely by archiving to a storage account in diagnostic settings. If you set the retention days to 0, data will be retained forever. (See the comment below for more details).

Marilee