How do I backup our Microsoft Teams conversations? #M365AMA
In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:
“Good morning, in the company we have around 80 employees in Office365, how is it possible to backup the organisation’s Microsoft Teams conversations? is there a product?”
Check out the discussion here:
Participating in this discussion were:
- Christian Buckley, RD+MVP @buckleyplanet
- Mike Nelson, MVP @mikenelsonIO
- Hal Hostetler, MVP @TVWizard
- Dan Rey, MVP+MCT @stilldrey
Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:
- Before you look at solutions, it’s good to understand where the data is stored. Check out this Tech Community discussion with input from some familiar MVPs: Conversations inside MS Teams where they are stored? Desktop application or outlook? [https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint/conversations-inside-ms-teams-where-they-are-stored-desktop/m-p/733724]
- Here’s a great overview of Teams data locations via SysCloud: A Guide to Microsoft Teams Data Storage Location [https://www.syscloud.com/saas-data-protection-center/microsoft-365/teams-data-storage/]
- Here’s a more comprehensive answer to how chats and messages are stored and retained in Teams via Microsoft Learn: Learn about retention for Microsoft Teams [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/retention-policies-teams]
- From the Microsoft community: When it comes to conversations and messages, how does Teams for Business back them up? [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/when-it-comes-to-conversations-and-messages-how/d72e614d-6dde-40ab-bf93-d2d5fa8a1243]
