Creating a retention policy
As stated earlier in the chapter, retention policies are used to retain content at the service or container level. This means that retention is applied broadly and, as already demonstrated, you can make any exceptions using retention labels. Also note that users never have the option to apply retention policies themselves. It is something that happens automatically without any user involvement. Administrators must create retention policies based on organizational policies or regulatory obligations.
To create retention policies within Microsoft Purview, complete the following steps:
- Log in to the Microsoft Purview compliance portal at https://compliance.microsoft.com, then navigate to Data lifecycle management | Microsoft 365 and click on the Retention policies tab. You will then see the list of policies, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 13.30: Retention policies tab in the Microsoft Purview Data lifecycle...