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Microsoft announced the General Availability of its so-called ‘records management’ solution for Microsoft 365 on 30 April 2020. The announcement noted that organisation would be able to use the records management solution to: Classify, retain, review, dispose, and manage content without compromising productivity or data security. Leverage machine learning capabilities to identify and classify regulatory, legal, and business critical records at scale. Demonstrate compliance with regulations through defensible audit trails and proof of destruction. Proposed licensing model Microsoft have published extensive information in its service description for the Security and Compliance elements of Microsoft 365. It is a good idea to discuss these options with a Microsoft licensing partner. At a general level, the difference between the ‘information governance’ (E3/E5) and ‘records management’ (E5 only) options are as follows:   Info Governance – ‘Broad policies...

As a SharePoint consulting practice, we at Prometix had a chance to implement a Microsoft 365 Records Management service This is a fairly new service and Microsoft announced in May the commercial release of the Microsoft 365 Records Management service. This service, which lets organisations apply "labels" to documents, as well as machine learning to automatically apply those labels, is designed to address legal compliance tracking issues for organisations. Microsoft claims it'll help demonstrate compliance with regulations through defensible audit trails and proof of destruction. This will assist in integrating with Business Intelligence such PowerBI, and artificial intelligence such as Azure services. The Records Management service is currently available through the  Microsoft 365 Compliance Center . Organisations need to have Microsoft 365 E5/A5 or Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management licenses to use the service, which gives them the rights to automatically apply ...