Comparison between the Teams chat archive and Teams chat compliance archive jobs
While Teams chat archive and Teams chat compliance jobs operate on a similar principle (archiving the content of Teams), they differ significantly in several key aspects. In the following table, we summarize the points of similarity and dissimilarity between the two jobs.
Important: Please be aware that the Teams Chat Archive job cannot archive chats or meetings with external people. You need to use the Teams Chat Compliance archive job if you want to archive such chats and meetings.
The most important difference, which we need to mention before the table, is that the Teams chat compliance job is a backup solution designed specifically for archiving deleted messages, and their content within Microsoft Teams.
It is also important to mention that if a chat has already been archived using the Teams chat archive job, it is not possible to re-archive it using the Teams chat compliance job, and vice versa. This will result in an error, and the job won't process anything.
Comparison between the Teams chat archive and Teams chat compliance archive jobs
Features and functions
Teams chat archive job
Teams chat compliance archive job
Report mode
The report mode is enabled in the Teams chat archive job.
The report mode is disabled in the Teams chat compliance archive job
Filtering settings
You can filter out the chats and messages you wish to archive with the Teams chat archive job.
The filtering settings are disabled in the Teams chat compliance job.
Archive all or selected users
This option is enabled in the Teams chat archive job.
This option is enabled in the Teams chat compliance archive job.
Archive deleted messages
Teams chat archive job will return an empty body for deleted messages when archiving a chat where some messages were deleted before the archiving process.
The Teams chat compliance archive job, by its nature, archives deleted messages.
Archive hosted contents
This option is enabled in the Teams chat archive job.
This option is enabled in the chat Teams compliance archive job.
Archive deleted hosted contents
Teams chat archive job will return an empty body for deleted hosted contents.
The Teams chat compliance archive job, by its nature, archives deleted hosted contents.