Teams Chat Messages - Retention by default

[upfaffer81]

Hello,

if we do not define a retentionpolicy for Teams Chats (1:1 and in Teams) how long these are saved.

Does anything happens over time ? The Files shared depends on the backend onedrive / sharepoint.

Is there a powershell command to verify the settings.

Best regards 

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@upfaffer81 There is no age limit on Teams messages by default, they will last forever unless they are deleted. A retention policy would both prevent a user action removing the compliance message, and in configured remove messages after the defined period.