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Official File retention policy for OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
Does anyone have information on the length of time files in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint online are retained after an end user deletes them ? Is there a way of placing unlimited retention...
I found some documentation here, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3042522. Is the Manager determined through the org chart?
There are two scenarios here: Does the user account still exist, or will it be deleted?
If the former, as Pavel Otych mentions, you can use a preservation policy. If the latter, OneDrive for Business content will be deleted 30 days after the account is deleted. You will need to migrate the OneDrive content to a new location in order to preserve it.
The other possibility is to apply a https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn790612.aspx. Then it cannot be deleted by a user and will not be deleted even if the OneDrive account is deleted.