Microsoft Teams: Changes for controlling access

On March 14, 2017 Microsoft officially launched Teams for Office 365.  While all users who were licensed with a qualifying Office 365 license automatically received the Teams tile in the app launcher, Microsoft provided a global way to control access.  The default setting was OFF.  Additionally, a note was included that the control was only temporary.

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Exporting Data from OneDrive or SharePoint Online for eDiscovery Cases

Most, if not all, organizations will encounter a time when electronic data discovery is required for one reason or another.  Typically these reasons include review by Legal or HR personnel.  In these times of need, the eDiscovery functionality in Office 365 can help facilitate the requests.  Data from Exchange and SharePoint Online can be extracted, or placed on “hold” so that even deleted information is retained.  Obtaining the data from Exchange Online is fairly straightforward, but there are some caveats to getting data from OneDrive.  NOTE: The same process outlined below can be used for any SharePoint Online site.  Instead of using a OneDrive URL, the site URL would be used instead.

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