This creates the ability to set longer term retention periods to restore beyond one year.
Roadmap › 481834
Microsoft 365: Long-term retention period for M365 Backup
- General availability
- 2026-08
- Preview
- 2026-03
- Added
- 19 Feb 2025
- Last modified
- 18 Aug 2026 23:05 UTC
- First archived
- 25 Aug 2026
- Release rings
- General Availability, Preview
- Clouds
- Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)