SharePoint site lifecycle

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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Description

Microsoft Learn describes site lifecycle management as policies in SharePoint Advanced Management that automate governance so that sites stay active, properly owned and regularly reviewed. It names three policy types:

A site ownership policy makes sure a site has a minimum number of owners or admins, for example at least two. An inactive site policy detects sites without meaningful activity across SharePoint and connected workloads such as Teams, Exchange and Viva Engage. A site attestation policy asks at regular intervals for an explicit confirmation that the site is still needed.

How it works: in simulation mode a policy runs once and creates a report. In active mode it runs regularly, creates reports and sends notifications. Recipients can respond from the e-mail, for example by confirming the site is still in use. If nobody answers after several notices, the policy can take no action, set the site to read-only, or archive it after a configurable read-only period with Microsoft 365 Archive. Microsoft states: "Site lifecycle management policies don't delete SharePoint sites directly." Disabling or deleting a policy stops future actions but does not undo actions already taken.

Sources (Microsoft Learn, checked in November 2026): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/site-lifecycle-management , https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/advanced-management

Type	Concept
Aussi appelé	SharePoint site lifecycle management, SharePoint-Site-Lebenszyklus
Documentation	learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/site-lifecycle-management

Articles sur SharePoint site lifecycle (6)

Comment supprimer un site SharePoint et le restaurer dans les 93 jours
2026-11-12 · Mirko Peters
Comment supprimer un site SharePoint en tant que propriétaire ou administrateur, ce qui disparaît avec lui, fonctionnement de la liste des sites supprimés pendant 93 jours, et comm
Notions de base sur le cycle de vie des sites dans SharePoint : guide complet pour la gouvernance de Microsoft 365
2026-05-25 · Mirko Peters
Gérez le cycle de vie des sites SharePoint, de la demande et du provisionnement à l’utilisation active, en passant par les revues par les propriétaires, le renouvellement, l’archiv
Gouvernance du cycle de vie des sites SharePoint
2026-04-16 · Mirko Peters
Mettre en place une gouvernance du cycle de vie des sites SharePoint couvrant la création, la propriété, la revue, l’archivage et la collaboration sécurisée dans Microsoft 365.
How to Delete a SharePoint Site and Restore It Within 93 Days
2026-11-12 · Mirko Peters
How to delete a SharePoint site as a site owner or admin, what disappears with it, how the 93-day Deleted sites list works and how to restore a site fast.
Site Lifecycle Basics in SharePoint: A Complete Guide for Microsoft 365 Governance
2026-05-25 · Mirko Peters
Manage the SharePoint site lifecycle from request and provisioning through active use, owner reviews, renewal, archiving, deletion, retention, and governance.
SharePoint Site Lifecycle Governance
2026-04-16 · Mirko Peters
Build SharePoint site lifecycle governance for creation, ownership, review, archiving, and secure collaboration across Microsoft 365.

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Maintenu par Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Dernière mise à jour: 2026-11-12