Content lifecycle management

Concept

Managing documents through defined stages of creation, review, archiving and deletion, with owners, review dates and expiration rules so outdated content does not linger.

Related topics in brief

• SharePoint governance · Related to · Concept
  The policies, roles, responsibilities and processes that control how an organization uses SharePoint: who owns sites, how sites are created and shared, and how content is reviewed.
• SharePoint site lifecycle · Related to · Concept
  Policies in SharePoint Advanced Management that keep sites in use, owned and reviewed: a site ownership policy, an inactive site policy and a site attestation policy. They do not delete sites directly.

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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-10