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Legal Hold
Legal hold preserves electronic data that may be relevant to anticipated or ongoing litigation.
What is Legal Hold?
A legal hold (litigation hold) is a process to preserve all forms of relevant information when litigation is reasonably anticipated, preventing data deletion or modification.
Legal hold scope
Mailboxes, SharePoint sites, OneDrive, Teams chats, Exchange public folders.
Common misconceptions
- "Users can release holds" — Administrative control
- "Holds delete after time" — Indefinite until released
- "Holds notify users always" — Silent holds available