Retaining Teams meeting recordings policy

Published Feb 5, 2024 • Updated May 1, 2026

Overview

Teams recordings may contain PII and trade secrets. Align retention, sharing, and transcription controls.

Policy elements

  1. Default expiration on OneDrive/SharePoint recordings.
  2. Who can record—restrict to organizers or licensed users.
  3. Link sharing permissions post-meeting.

Compliance tie-in

If HR investigations occur, preserve recordings via eDiscovery instead of ad-hoc downloads.

Storage hygiene

Auto-delete after N days unless labeled Legal Hold via Purview.

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