Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving is a cloud-based, enterprise-class email archiving solution designed to help organizations manage historical email, compliance, regulatory, retention, and eDiscovery requirements.
It provides users with an In-Place Archive that works directly with Outlook and Outlook on the web, allowing archived email to remain accessible without relying on locally stored files. Microsoft hosts the archive infrastructure on globally distributed servers and provides automatic patching and disaster-recovery capabilities.
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Service Type | Cloud-based email archiving |
| Internet Connection | Required |
| Email Platform | Exchange Online / supported Exchange Server environments |
| Web Access | Supported modern web browser |
| Desktop Access | Outlook |
| Web Access | Outlook on the web |
| Administration | Exchange Administration Center |
| Server Hardware | Not required for the cloud service |
| Storage | 50 GB initially for Exchange Online Plan 1; 100 GB for Plan 2 |
| Network | Internet connectivity to Microsoft 365 services |