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Do user licenses affect application of Retention Policy?
I'm really confused on this. Example scenario: Let's say AAD end user John owns a file in OneDrive named "reports". A retention policy is defined for OneDrive to retain everything for x days (the ...
While Microsoft doesn't enforce licensing requirements in code for many of their features, you still need to follow the licensing guidelines and assign a qualifying license for any user under the scope of a retention policy.
VasilMichev Thank you for your response. What licenses specifically would be relevant to users for this purpose?
VasilMichev Please let me check that I understand this correctly. Essentially, when I create a Retention Policy, I'd select a location, then subselect only a group of users that has one of these licenses = "Microsoft 365 E5/A5, Microsoft 365 E5/A5 Compliance, Microsoft 365 Information Protection and Governance, Office 365 E5/A5, and Office 365 Advanced Compliance" (as listed on the URL)?
