The Lease element still remains in place as it sets the expiry date, but we have changed the method of applying it. This is moving to Lifecycle policies.
What is the difference between a Lease and Lifecycle?
Support for the Lease tab will end in December 2026, please ensure you have migrated to lifecycle by them to keep functionality
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Service Definition Tab
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Lease
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Lifecycle Policies
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| Visibility of setup |
only available if a lease was already configured
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available to new & existing service definitions
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Set initial Expiry options
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Sets expiry date via:
- number picker
- date picker
- request variable
- lookup columns
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Sets expiry date via:
- number picker
- date picker
- request variable
- lookup columns
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Notifications
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Send reminder emails before expiry date
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Send customisable reminders before each stage and customised notifications when each action is run successfully
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| Stages |
Single stage, run expiry actions
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Multiple stages, run lifecycle actions
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Actions
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- Change Archive State
- Delete Workspace
- Delete from Directory
- Email administrators for further action
- Email Owners when expired
- Move to archive view (PP only)
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- Change Archive State
- Move to M365 Archive
- Delete Workspace
- Delete from Directory
- Send Notification
- Change Default Retention Label
- Change Directory Visibility
- Change External Sharing
- Change Guest Access
- Change Privacy
- Change Sensitivity
- Change Classification
- Change Url
- Use Custom Actions to expand options
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| Info Visibility | Lease expiry date shown on info |
Lease expiry date shown on info
Countdown & Stages shown in Lifecycle tab
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Once a lifecycle has been configured the Lease tab will no longer be available.
Any new Service definitions created after 11th November 2023 will only have the lifecycle option!