What’s changing
Google Vault now supports new Google Sites. You can use Google Vault to set retention policies for Google Sites, perform searches of Google Sites data, and export Google Sites content. If you already use Vault to hold Google Drive files, sites files will now be covered by those holds. You can set Sites-specific retention rules if you want to manage sites retention.
Who’s impacted
Admins
Why it matters
This provides you with expanded control over your organization’s data, and can help you meet regulatory or legal obligations for your Google Sites data.
If you have Drive retention rules set to purge data after a retention period, sites will be purged according to those rules.
Getting started
- Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about supported Sites data, how to Retain Google Sites data with Vault, use Drive search to find sites, and work with sites in Drive export files.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.
Rollout pace
Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 27.
Availability
- Available to Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, and Nonprofits.
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter and Business Standard customers, and G Suite Basic customers.
Resources
Google Workspace Admin Help: Supported services and data types
Google Help: Google Vault Help