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Litigation Hold for Company Shutting down
We have a customer that is shutting down their business. They need to put a litigation hold against both their exchange mailboxes for all users and everything in SharePoint. They have expressed...
For Exchange data, you can get by for free thanks to inactive mailboxes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/inactive-mailboxes-in-office-365?view=o365-worldwide
As long as you have qualifying license before turning the mailbox into inactive, and at least 1 license remaining so that the service is not deprovisioned, no ongoing license costs will apply.
For other workloads, no free meals and you have to comply with the licensing requirements as outlined here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/microsoft-365-service-descriptions/microsoft-365-tenantlevel-services-licensing-guidance/microsoft-365-security-compliance-licensing-guidance#information-governance
As long as you have qualifying license before turning the mailbox into inactive, and at least 1 license remaining so that the service is not deprovisioned, no ongoing license costs will apply.
For other workloads, no free meals and you have to comply with the licensing requirements as outlined here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/microsoft-365-service-descriptions/microsoft-365-tenantlevel-services-licensing-guidance/microsoft-365-security-compliance-licensing-guidance#information-governance