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Meeting chat history
StevenC365 Thank you! Been looking all over the documentation for a clear answer on that. Okay, so my next question on this subject then - if we have a Teams meeting that is scheduled outside of a group (so essentially a 1:1 chat, like you mentioned), and we turn on retention for say, 3 days, will people still be able to see/post in the meeting chat after the retention period, or will the meeting chat disappear from their chat history list? Just trying to assuage some C-level fears.
Just like a 1:1 chat, the messages will go but the conversation will still exist in the meeting. It will age out of your chat list after 30 days.
There is a new feature coming soon that will let a meeting organiser define if chat is available after a meeting ends, look in the message centre at MC224359.
StevenC365 How can users clean up their chat lists so that old meeting chats that are no longer needed disappear? Is the retention the only solution via system admin? Or can the user organize their own chat window to some extent? I have tried leaving the chat but the chat remains in the list. I have 10, sometimes 15 meetings a day and the meeting chats are clogging up my chat list with individuals and groups. Any help would be appreciated.
Lani_T You can hide any chat you don't need anymore, however I've always found that not really necessary as inactive conversations age down the list quickly. I also pin key conversations I don't want to age to the top of the list, then they are always there in the same order.
StevenC365 Thanks so much for the information! The chat situation in Teams is becoming a bit clearer with time and this simple clarification helps tremendously!
ShannonDuffy In our testing we did find that the chat history in a meeting (non-channel) follows 1:1 chat retention. We also submitted a ticket with Microsoft to get confirmation on this and they confirmed as well.
StevenC365 thanks for the two quick replies, Steven. This is immensely helpful. Appreciate the information!
