Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Apply a retention policy to Microsoft Planner content

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Purview now supports applying retention policies to Planner content, including tasks within Microsoft 365 Group-associated plans. This enables consistent data lifecycle management for Planner data, improving compliance posture.

The Impact

Compliance and security teams are affected by improved data governance capabilities for Planner content, reducing data sprawl risk.

• Compliance teams: Can now enforce retention on Planner data, reducing regulatory risk.
• Security teams: Gain better control over data sprawl, mitigating data exposure risks.
• Legal teams: Benefit from defensible disposal of Planner content, reducing eDiscovery burden.

The Action

1. Navigate to Microsoft Purview compliance portal > Data lifecycle management > Microsoft 365 retention policies.
2. Create a new retention policy or modify an existing one.
3. Select 'Microsoft Planner' as a location for the policy.
4. Define retention settings (e.g., retain for a specific period, then delete).
5. Publish the policy to apply it to Planner content.

Domain: Purview · Impact: medium · Workload: Microsoft Purview