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Exact plan list is in Microsoft 365 licensing guidance for security & compliance, not read cell by cell.","quote_checked":true,"supersedes":null,"current":true,"url":"https://dataconto.com/open-data/tools/microsoft-teams#fact-microsoft-teams-retention-policy-license-2026-10-22"},{"fact_id":"microsoft-teams-after_cancel-2026-10-22","tool":"microsoft-teams","field":"after_cancel","plan":null,"product":null,"addon":null,"role":"headline","covers":"all customer data","value":{"days":90,"export_window":true},"answer":"90 days to export","basis":"stated","quote":"Except for free trials and LinkedIn services, Microsoft will retain Customer Data that remains stored in Online Services in a limited function account for 90 days after expiration or termination of Customer's subscription so that Customer may extract the data.","doc_id":"msteams-dpa","source_title":"Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum (DPA), English, May 2026 (download from the DPA licensing page)","source_url":"https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/documents/download/MicrosoftProductandServicesDPA(WW)(English)(May2026)(CR).docx","source_kind":"dpa","source_status":"ok","observed":"2026-10-22","note":"DPA \"Data Retention and Deletion\". 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Warning: \"If you explicitly delete a subscription, it skips the Expired and Disabled statuses and SharePoint Online data and content, including OneDrive, is immediately deleted.\"","quote_checked":true,"supersedes":null,"current":true,"url":"https://dataconto.com/open-data/tools/microsoft-teams#fact-microsoft-teams-after_cancel-business-lifecycle-2026-10-22"},{"fact_id":"microsoft-teams-ai_training-other-2026-10-23","tool":"microsoft-teams","field":"ai_training","plan":null,"product":null,"addon":null,"role":"headline","covers":"all customer data, Teams chats, meetings and files included","value":{"other_models":"not_stated"},"answer":"Other models: the terms don't say","basis":"stated","quote":"When providing Products and Services, Microsoft will not use or otherwise process Customer Data, Professional Services Data, or Personal Data for: (a) user profiling, (b) advertising or similar commercial purposes, or (c) market research aimed at creating new functionalities, services, or products or any other purpose, unless such use or processing is in accordance with Customer's documented instructions.","doc_id":"msteams-dpa","source_title":"Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum (DPA), English, May 2026 (download from the DPA licensing page)","source_url":"https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/documents/download/MicrosoftProductandServicesDPA(WW)(English)(May2026)(CR).docx","source_kind":"dpa","source_status":"ok","observed":"2026-10-23","note":"Second read 2026-10-23 settled the open line: the Microsoft Customer Agreement (read through the page's preview service) has no AI or training terms and leaves Customer Data use to the Product Terms and DPA, so every terms, AI and DPA document is now read and none says whether non-generative models are trained on customer content. The DPA limits use to providing the service, which it defines to include \"enhancing user productivity, reliability, efficacy, quality, and security\", and to listed business operations.","quote_checked":true,"supersedes":null,"current":true,"url":"https://dataconto.com/open-data/tools/microsoft-teams#fact-microsoft-teams-ai_training-other-2026-10-23"}],"fact_count":13,"open":["Plans grouped: Teams Essentials; Business = Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, Premium; Enterprise = Office 365 E1, E3, E5. Free personal Teams out of scope.","retention is inferred: no current Microsoft page states the default (indefinite) for Teams messages; only Microsoft Q&A answers quote it.","export: which Business plans get Purview eDiscovery export (eDiscovery page says Enterprise E3 or E5) and whether Export API use needs more than a Teams license were not settled.","Teams Essentials plan page and Microsoft 365 business compare page return a bot block from this environment; plan contents not checked there.","Product Terms pages show no last-updated date (version null).","Microsoft Customer Agreement (msteams-mca): the page is a country picker that needs JavaScript; its text comes from the preview service the page calls (POST /licensing/docs/api/CustomerAgreement/GetPreviewDocument, which returns a short-lived signed .docx link). No fact quotes it, so check-tool-quotes.mjs never needs to fetch it."]}]}