Recordings of video meetings in Teams will soon automatically disappear after 60 days, unless organizations explicitly choose other settings.
Microsoft notes that 99 percent of recordings of Teams video meetings are not viewed 60 days after they are created. One hour of recording, however, takes up 400 MB of storage. An extensive archive of recordings can fill up cloud storage so quickly, while the data suggest that most organizations can’t do anything with the footage after two months. Microsoft now wants to solve that problem.
From now on, recordings of Teams meetings will be automatically deleted after 60 days. Microsoft is rolling out the feature in response to customer demand. All new Teams Meeting Recordings will thus automatically disappear to the trash after a period of time. The small update should make administrators’ lives a lot easier. The setting will become the new default.
Compliancy and adaptability
Compliancy settings are more important than the automatic delete feature. Therefore, if videos need to be kept longer, they will not automatically disappear. Furthermore, administrators can adjust and, if necessary, disable the new setting. For the vast majority of users, Microsoft expects the update to add value.
The feature works only with Teams recordings made through the Teams service in OneDrive or SharePoint. Automatic deletion does not apply to other files.
Microsoft remains busy expanding Teams. For example, Redmond recently rolled out end-to-end encryption, and Teams Rooms received an update that should increase its ease of use.