Microsoft Syntex AMA

Hi Hadwin! I'll do my best to answer these, but as you'll see, some we can't comment on (particularly #1) - LOL! 1 - I can't comment on this beyond we intend at this time for it to be based on the amount of data archived and restored from the archive, aligned in a "pay as you go" type of model. This could change before we make the product generally available as discussions are ongoing. In terms of the actual price, I can tell you that we intend to make it significantly less expensive than the "hot" storage you can add today to your tenant, with the trade off being fewer features when archived, in exchange for the significantly lower price point for archive storage. 2 - The intent is that you can still search and archiving will show up in the audit logs. 3 - Probably need more detail on what type of impact you're asking about, but when things are archived, there is a reduced set of functionality (no co-authoring for instance) and so depending on the API, yes, there may be some impacts. 4 - Yes, that's the plan, and you'd need to restore back to SharePoint from the archive for the content, correct.

Syntex archival storage will be available to most M365 commercial plans at a cost significantly lower than today's M365 "hot" storage. It will work in place, preserving metadata and searchability, but viewing or editing content with require "rehydration", and API access will be limited as a result. Syntex Archive is designed to help you keep you content in place inside the M365 trust boundary while managing your costs for less-used content at scale.