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Global admin access to private channels
In the event of a legal requirement, what access do Global Admins have to private channels for document discovery? Can anyone point me to documentation?
Would it simply be a requirement to grant access to the SharePoint?
I've found: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/ediscovery-investigation#ediscovery-of-private-channels
but this only seems to be for the conversations.
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Best thing you could do is "takeover" the channel. There's a longstanding issue with eDiscovery and SPO/ODFB content, where the owner of a group/team/private channel can simply disable indexing and render the entire content of the corresponding site transparent to any of the compliance tools. So if you have a legal requirement, best take matters into your own hands.
- That article basically is all there is right now. The files are stored in SharePoint and you can do query for the URL of the associated Private channels as a SPO Admin and then use those URL's in your ediscovery searches. Better support is being worked on.
