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Sudeep Vemulapalli's avatar
Sudeep Vemulapalli
Copper Contributor
Oct 04, 2016

O365 Groups and its related content (Plan, Files, etc.) when Group Owner leaves the organization?

Can someone please let me know if the content gets deleted when a user who is a group owner leaves the company or his O365 license gets unaissigned? Will the data be deleted? Or will it stay forever?...
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Antony Taylor's avatar
Antony Taylor
Steel Contributor
Oct 05, 2016
That repo has gone straight onto my "Useful Links" page in my notebook. Great work. the Reason I like the PowerShell Gallery is because you're able to source scripts and modules from directly in PowerShell. It's pretty cool actually.
  • TonyRedmond's avatar
    TonyRedmond
    MVP
    Oct 05, 2016

    Funny... this script looks very similar (if not identical) to the script described in Chapter 9 of "Office 365 for IT Pros", where it was originally published in late May 2016. I think I posted the code to the old Yammer-based Office 365 network too in response to a script written by Eric Zenz of Microsoft, which took a different approach to solving the problem. All of this happened around the time that Dale and I were chatting about his session to the SPTechCon in Boston in June. That session is available online at http://www.slideshare.net/dmadelung/office365-groups-from-the-ground-up-sptechcon-boston (29 June). It is a nice deck that others might be interested in seeing. I've no great objection to people sharing scripts, but I do think that the original work should be acknowledged.

     

    Example from Office 365 for IT Pros

     

    • Drew Madelung's avatar
      Drew Madelung
      MVP
      Oct 06, 2016

      I absolutely got that super helpful script from the old Yammer network and I fully apologize for not giving credit where it was due.  I have not gone through the O365 for IT Pros book but I did actually include a link and info to it in my latest presentation about O365 groups.

      • TonyRedmond's avatar
        TonyRedmond
        MVP
        Oct 06, 2016

        No worries. To be safe and to make sure that you are never accused of plagiarism, it's always a good idea to acknowledge the source of information. That way you are always clear!

    • Antony Taylor's avatar
      Antony Taylor
      Steel Contributor
      Oct 06, 2016

      Oh excellent. Thanks for linking that slidedeck Tony. I haven't got to Chapter 9 of "Office 365 for IT Pros" yet. Keep meaning to pick it up again but stuff keeps getting in the way.

       

      I don't know how you all do it. Doing your day to day what seems like neverending projects and work whilst finding time to write meaningful articles and keep up to date with all the latest and greatest information and also upskilling.

       

      Regards,

      Antony

      • TonyRedmond's avatar
        TonyRedmond
        MVP
        Oct 06, 2016

        Be sure that you get the latest update (it's available now on the site dated 5 October) because Chapter 9 received a work-over after Ignite. It is now 72 pages of (mostly) goodness about all aspects of Office 365 Groups.

         

        Keeping up is relatively simple. Spend some time every day to track what's happening and then write it down. Then think about it. Iterate...

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