-1 - Powershell Cmdlet Disable Meeting Recording Transcript Expiration Set To

Get-CsMeetingRecordingExpirationSetting -Identity "Global"

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In the world of Microsoft Teams administration, data lifecycle management is a tightrope walk between compliance and convenience. By default, Teams meeting recordings are digital ephemera—scheduled for automatic deletion after a set period (typically 60 or 120 days). But every administrator eventually encounters a request that breaks this mold: "Preserve this recording forever. Do not expire it."

Enter the command that feels like a backdoor in the space-time continuum of data governance:

Set-CsMeetingRecordingExpirationSetting -Identity "Global" -DaysToKeep 180