Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving is a cloud-based, enterprise-class archiving add-on for Exchange Online, designed to help institutions meet retention, compliance, and eDiscovery requirements. It provides an in-place archive mailbox per user, automatic archiving policies, and preservation for litigation hold scenarios. Students benefit from seamless Outlook and Outlook on the web access to archived mail, with familiar search and retrieval. Administrators gain centralized control, scalable storage, and support for regulatory needs through Microsoft Purview eDiscovery and retention features. Data is protected in Microsoft’s secure, globally distributed datacenters with built-in high availability. Exchange Online Archiving integrates natively with Microsoft 365, reducing complexity and total cost of ownership while ensuring institutional email records remain discoverable and compliant over time.