Audit log retention
Timelines and exceptionsTimeline
From the capture of 13 Oct 00:24 UTC- 1 date
- 3 relative periods
- 4 undated sections
- 7 with conditions
- Audit / monitorbefore 17 Oct 2023 Published timing is qualified; effectiveness is not confirmed.
- 3 years agobeforeon or afterAudit / monitor · unconfirmed
Settings and overrides named on this page
Registry values, policies and cmdlets the source mentions, with the dated steps that name them. Read the source for the values to set.
AzureActiveDirectoryNew-UnifiedAuditLogRetentionPolicySet-UnifiedAuditLogRetentionPolicy
Relative periods
Counted from an event the source describes, such as installing an update; they are not calendar dates.
- for 180 daysDefault audit log retention policy in Audit (Premium)Milestone
AzureActiveDirectoryAudit (Premium) in Microsoft Purview provides a default audit log retention policy for all organizations. You can't modify this policy. It retains all Exchange Online,…
- for 180 daysDefault audit log retention policy in Audit (Premium)MilestoneExceptionScope2 conditions
- for 90 daysDefault audit log retention policy in Audit (Premium)Milestone
Requirements, exceptions and scope
New-UnifiedAuditLogRetentionPolicySet-UnifiedAuditLogRetentionPolicySet-UnifiedAuditLogRetentionPolicy
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Observed history and review priority
Captured 13 Oct 00:24 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.
Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review
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Retained observations · 2
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- 13 Oct 00:24 UTC · 14 candidates
- 8 Oct 23:29 UTC · 12 candidates