Through eDiscovery processes, users with the right permissions can find the chat history and even manually download them.

These are not recoverable directly, but they are searchable and auditable. Permissions of course apply as they always do in SharePoint and you'll need to have the appropriate permission levels to restore version history or recover files from the Recycle Bin.Ĭonversation and Chat History are stored in Exchange. Now it's quite easy to check the version history, restore a previous version, or head into the Recycle Bin to recover a deleted item. From here you'll see the typical SharePoint Document Library. We have access to version history for the files and we can recover deleted files for 93 days from the Recycle Bin.įrom the Teams file tab, click Open in SharePoint in the menu to launch the Document Library in SharePoint. Let’s look at what happens to the following objects and data when they're deleted in Microsoft Teams and see if we can recover them:Īs mentioned, all the documents in the Files tab in a Team are stored in the SharePoint site working in the background and simply made accessible in Teams (Note: personal chat files are stored in OneDrive).įor content recovery, that means that all the same rules that apply to files in SharePoint will apply to files in Teams.

Once we know where the data and content are stored, we can go about recovering it. It’s a matter of understanding where the content is stored (generally it’s not in Teams).įor example, Files shared in a Teams channel are stored in the SharePoint site that is associated to that team, while conversations are saved in Exchange Online. The good news is, most content is easy to recover. It’s easy to roll-out Teams without any planning, governance, or end-user training, so it shouldn’t be a surprise when users unknowingly delete things. With the rapid growth of Microsoft Teams as the hub for collaboration, it’s only natural that things go missing.

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