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Sharepoint audit log gathering
Hey, we are in environment with a huge amount of site collections (+100K) and for compliance issues, we need to collect all audit log data to report on user activities accross the environment. Gi...
Today you are right, but in the future you can expect to have the ability to query OnPremises activity from the Security and Compliance Center...in regards of your 5 years requirement I don't think you will have for SPO data.
My understanding is that the Audit Log data for SharePoint Online is available for 90 days. If you need to keep it around longer, you will need to write somethnig to harvest and store it. Look at https://msdn.microsoft.com/office-365/office-365-management-activity-api-reference for API details.
Also, if you are attending Microsoft Ignite 2016, there are 300 plus vendors in the Expo Hall. Some of them might have solutions for more comprehensive audit logging for on premise SharePoint.