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OneDrive in Microsoft 365 provides personal file storage and sharing for users across organisations. It plays a key role in data security and governance, particularly for controlling external sharing, managing permissions and reducing oversharing risk in Microsoft 365 Copilot scenarios.

Purview Lightning Talks – Microsoft Security Community

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Event details

Event: Purview Lightning Talks – Microsoft Security Community
Location: Virtual (Microsoft Community Event)
Format: Live Lightning Talk (Recorded and published on YouTube)
Date: 30 April 2026
Sessions:

  1. The Day Offboarding Exposed Infinite Retention
  2. The Purview Hack No One Talks About: Container Sensitivity Labels That Fix Oversharing Fast

About the event

The Purview Lightning Talks is a community-led Microsoft Security event designed to share real-world Microsoft Purview insights in short, focused sessions.

Each talk is deliberately concise, cutting straight to practical use cases, lessons learned, and actionable recommendations.

The event brings together Microsoft MVPs, customers, and practitioners to share hands-on experience with data security, compliance, and governance in Microsoft 365.

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Why Ex‑Employee OneDrive Data Never Dies in Microsoft 365 (and How to Fix It)

Posted on Updated on by Nikki Chapple

Ex-employee OneDrive retention is no longer primarily a licensing problem. Since January 2025, Microsoft has reduced one of the biggest historical causes of indefinite OneDrive retention. However, many organisations are still retaining former employees’ OneDrive data for years, sometimes indefinitely.

The reason is governance design.

This article explains how identity lifecycle, OneDrive service behaviour, and Microsoft 365 retention (via Microsoft Purview) interact today; why ex‑employee OneDrive data can still persist indefinitely; and how to design retention so every leaver’s OneDrive reaches a predictable, auditable end‑of‑life.

👉 Read the full guide to understand why ex‑employee OneDrive data can still be retained forever, and how to fix it.

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