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Microsoft forces unlicensed OneDrive accounts read-only at 60 days, archives them at 93, and deletes at 365 unpaid days. The timeline, the fees, and how to avoid it.

How to recover deleted OneDrive files: the recycle bin, the 93-day window, restoring your whole OneDrive, and how admins get back a departed user's files.

How to export a Microsoft Teams chat - manual options, Purview eDiscovery for admins, what happens after a user leaves the organization, and why retention is not export.

A practical guide to reducing SharePoint Online storage - trim version history, empty the recycle bins, clear the Preservation Hold Library, find your largest sites, and archive inactive content to cut the $0.20/GB overage bill.

Version history is often the biggest consumer of SharePoint storage. How automatic version limits work, why setting a limit does not trim existing versions, and the exact PowerShell to reclaim the space.

Four ways to identify which SharePoint sites and libraries are consuming your storage - the Active sites view, per-site Storage Metrics, PowerShell (Get-SPOSite), and the admin usage reports - plus what to do once you have found them.

How to recover deleted files from the SharePoint recycle bin - both stages, restore steps, PowerShell, the 93-day limit, and how to get back files that are already gone.

How to find, search and retain the SharePoint audit log in Microsoft 365 - the Purview audit search, Search-UnifiedAuditLog PowerShell, retention limits, and where the native audit trail falls short.

An employee's notice period is the highest-risk window for data theft. How to detect and stop SharePoint and Microsoft 365 data exfiltration by departing staff in 2026.

How to archive OneDrive data in 2026. Microsoft 365 Archive excludes OneDrive - here are the real options for active users and departed employees.