Reading Time: 8 minutes I was recently asked by a customer if they could apply 1 retention label to all content on a SharePoint site regardless of how many
Purview Auto-apply Retention Labels and SharePoint Autofill
Reading Time: 7 minutes I am a Purview and SharePoint MVP and so when autofill columns were introduced into SharePoint, my curiosity was piqued to understand how Purview and
Purview Retention Policy Questions from the Field
Reading Time: 7 minutes [UPDATED January 2026] This post is a running list of questions I’ve received since 2020 on Purview Retention Policies (NOT Retention labels) in SharePoint and
Purview Retention Controls on OneDrive Auto-generated Folders
Reading Time: 5 minutes A customer recently asked me if the files uploaded to a Teams chat could be removed after a period of time. Although the capability to
Applying Purview Retention Labels to Folders and Document Sets
Reading Time: 8 minutes Did you know… an auto-apply retention label policy will never apply retention labels to Folders and Document Sets themselves? You must target the documents contained
Purview Data Classification and the Downstream Purview Effects
Reading Time: 7 minutes Disclaimer: this was a challenging post to write. It’s been in the hopper for several months, but the topic is important so I thought it