I'm no Microsoft Teams expert, but I've been assigned to provide an understanding on what is stored by Teams (O365), and how they are stored. (What, where, accessible by whom, etc.)
- Is there a Microsoft documentation on that? I couldn't find any, but I may have missed something. Are there many controls given to a company on how they can manage them?
I tried to enumerate the kind of files Teams could store:
- Conversation's history (one-to-one, meetings, team channels)
- Conversation's attached files and pictures (one-to-one, meetings, team channels)
- Meetings recording
- Calendar
- Logs?
I believe anything related to Teams channels is stored on the associated Sharepoint. Calendar is probably a sync with the Outlook calendar.
Perhaps the rest is stored on client's computer and their Drive? I couldn't find anything.
Best Answer
Chat files and conversations are stored in Teams Cloud Storage(users OneDrive).
Team channel conversations are stored in azure and copied to the same folder on the attached group mailbox (hidden) similar to chats.
Files in chats get saved to the uploaders or chat starter's MIcrosoft Teams Chat Files (Upload) or inplace share from OneDrive.
Files in Teams are stored in default documents library in attached SharePoint site.
More information:
Location of data in Microsoft Teams