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"description": "Starting late April 2026, Microsoft 365 tenant admins with Global or Organizational Data Source Administrator roles can export raw organizational data uploaded to MODIS within a 30-day retention window in CSV format. This default-enabled feature supports compliance and audit needs without impacti...",
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"publishedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:13.000Z",
"site": "https://blog.tophhie.cloud",
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"Understand how organizational data is used and retained in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn"
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"textContent": "**[Introduction]**\n\nMicrosoft 365 is introducing a new organizational data export capability for tenant administrators to improve data portability and transparency. This enhancement allows authorized admins to securely export raw organizational data uploaded into **Microsoft Organizational Data Ingestion Service (MODIS)** in a documented and auditable manner.\n\n**[When this will happen:]**\n\nGeneral Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in **late April 2026** and is expected to complete by **late April 2026**.\n\n**[How this affects your organization:]**\n\n**Who is affected:**\n\n * Tenant administrators with **Global Administrator** or**Organizational Data Source Administrator** roles\n\n\n\n**What will happen:**\n\n * Authorized Admins can export **raw organizational data** that has been uploaded to MODIS using **manual uploads or automated connectors.**\n * Only data that is **retained within the 30‑day retention window** is eligible for export.\n * Export is initiated directly within the **MODIS user experience.**\n * Exported data is downloaded in **CSV format.**\n * The capability applies only to data your organization has directly uploaded and that remains within the **30‑day retention window**.\n * The capability is**enabled by default** and requires no admin configuration.\n * There is **no impact to users.**\n\n\n\n**Learn more** : Understand how organizational data is used and retained in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn (will be updated soon)\n\n**[What you can do to prepare:]**\n\nNo action is required at this time.\n\nAfter rollout, consider reviewing your data ingestion and retention practices to determine whether exporting ingested data supports compliance, migration, or archival needs.\n\n**[Compliance considerations]**\n\nArea | Explanation\n---|---\nAccess to existing customer data | The change introduces a new admin-initiated method to export raw organizational data that has already been uploaded to MODIS and retained within the 30-day window.\nAdmin compliance monitoring and reporting | Tenant administrators can export ingested organizational data, which may be used for audit, compliance review, or record-keeping purposes.\nAdmin controls and role-based access | The export capability is restricted to users assigned the Global Administrator or Organizational Data Source Administrator role, relying on existing Entra ID role assignments.",
"title": "MC1280545: Organizational Data Export Capability for Tenant Admins",
"updatedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:13.653Z"
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