Data Lifecycle Management: Separate Copilot retention policies from Teams chats

In a previous post I mentioned how Microsoft is adding the capability to use Purview Data Loss Prevention on Copilot to block certain information from surfacing for the user. Now, Microsoft is adding Copilot to it's retention policy controls, and starting mid-February, public preview tenants can start exploringthis new feature. Admins will be able to create separate retention policies for Microsoft Teams chats and Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions, and allows for a more tailored data management. The feature will of course require that the targeted users have Microsoft 365 Copilot license.  According to the message center, the public preview will be during February, and we can hope for a general release sometime in March. The feature will be available by default, but policies will have to be set up.

Skype for Business admin center retirement [MC225373]

An important message was posted last week in the Admin center. Microsoft will retire the classic Skype for Business admin center. Starting December 1st, organizations will no longer be able to access the old admin center. Instead, organizations need to manage their users through the Teams Admin center.

There is no change in the Skype for Business PowerShell module or Call quality dashboard, but as I mentioned here on the blog last recently, all of the SFBO commands have now been implemented in the Teams PowerShell module as well.