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<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio State has updated retention schedules for both Microsoft Teams group and individual channel chats; this change is intended to align with University retention policies.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Note: the chat retention timeframes <b>do NOT affect retention of data files</b> within Teams or the Teams themselves; these do not expire.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Details can be found at the <a href="https://it.osu.edu/news/2021/11/03/microsoft-teams-retention-aligning-university-guidelines">
info article from IT@OSU</a> - the basics include:</p>
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Individual and 1:1 chats – automatic deletion after 3 years (rolling schedule)</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1
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Team group chats – automatic deletion after 10 years (rolling schedule)</li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please contact us at <a href="mailto:action@physics.osu.edu">
action@physics.osu.edu</a> with any questions or concerns.</p>
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