Microsoft says that a new user activity-based expiration policy can be enabled for Office 365 groups by select Azure AD Premium customers starting today allowing for automated lifetime renewals without any user intervention.
Office 365 is part of the Microsoft 365 software bundle which also comes with Windows 10 and EMS (short for Enterprise Mobility + Security), a bundle which in Microsoft's vision provides customers with the easiest way of enjoying an easy to manage and secure online productivity platform.
Office 365 groups are the main collaboration method for Microsoft 365 customers, making it possible for users to communicate with their teammates while using various Microsoft apps such as Outlook, Teams, Yammer, and SharePoint.
New O365 group expiration policy in private preview
Select Azure AD Premium customers will be able to enable the new Office 365 groups expiration policy starting today, allowing active groups to avoid being deleted automatically after the group lifetime is reached, as Office 365.
The new activity-based Office 365 groups expiration policy will allow organizations to improve their groups' life cycle management by keeping a balance between making sure that useful groups where employees are actively sharing are not haphazardly removed and deleting the ones no one uses anymore.
While the current group expiration policy will alert admins to remove or renew microsoft Office 365 groups for which the expiration time frame has been reached, after enabling the new policy "groups which are being actively used will be automatically renewed."
The activity-based group auto-renewal behavior is based on user activity from Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and other Office 365 groups.
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