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2021 – A banner year for email and messaging retention working group
By barbara towell on August 19, 2021
Who is the Email and Messaging Retention Working Group (EMRWG)? For the past couple of years, I have had the honour of chairing the Email and Messaging Retention Working Group. This group is a cross-campus, multi-discipline collaboration, researching and making recommendations on automated destruction for Instant Messaging (Chat) in MS Teams and transitory information in […]
A 90-day data retention schedule for FASmail default transitory folders is coming October 4, 2021
By barbara towell on August 17, 2021
Starting October 4, 2021, a 90-day automated data retention schedule will be implemented at UBC to default transitory folders in the enterprise email service UBC Faculty and Staff Email (FASmail) in compliance with UBC Records Management policies and requirements. Information stored in the Deleted items, Junk Mail and RSS Feeds default transitory folders in FASmail will be […]
Documenting MS Teams as a collaborative workspace
By barbara towell on August 12, 2021
Special guest blogger Andy Resto talks about his role as a Work Learn student creating Best Practices documentation for the Records Management Office. Thanks Andy! This summer, as part of the records management team, I focused on the producing Best Practices for the university’s growing use of MS Teams as a collaborative workspace, which accelerated […]

