# What does archiving a Microsoft team do?

What does archiving a Microsoft team do?

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

when you archive your team, it allows to keep the content of inactive teams for future reference, but move it out of our way to reduce the clutter. Also, you to be an owner of the team to archive it, the members cannot do the same.

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
- Author title: Cyber Security Analyst at Deloitte |  ISO 27001:2013 LA Certified




## Related Product
[Microsoft Teams Archiving Tool](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-teams-archiving-tool/reviews)

## Related Category
[Enterprise Information Archiving](https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-information-archiving)

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