Enterprise Vault™ Setting up Skype for Business Archiving

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.0)
  1. About this guide
    1.  
      Introducing this guide
    2. Where to get more information about Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        Enterprise Vault training modules
  2. Introducing Skype for Business Archiving
    1.  
      About Skype for Business Archiving
    2.  
      Skype for Business Archiving overview
    3.  
      About Skype for Business Archiving licensing
  3. Installing Skype for Business Archiving
    1.  
      About installing Enterprise Vault Skype for Business Archiving components
  4. Configuring Skype for Business Archiving
    1.  
      Steps to configure Skype for Business Archiving
    2.  
      Managing data in the Skype for Business archiving database
    3.  
      Creating the archive
    4.  
      Roles-based administration (RBA) and Skype for Business Archiving
    5.  
      Assigning the permissions required for exporting conversations from Skype for Business
    6.  
      Configuring Skype for Business Archiving using the wizard
    7. Configuring Skype for Business Archiving manually
      1. Configuring an SMTP Archiving task
        1.  
          About the SMTP holding folder
        2.  
          Changing the location of the holding folder in a site where only Skype for Business Archiving is configured
        3.  
          Changing the location of the holding folder in a site where both Skype for Business Archiving and SMTP Archiving are configured
        4.  
          Keeping safety copies of archived conversations
        5.  
          Archiving task summary reports
      2. Configuring retention categories
        1. How to plan settings for retention categories
          1.  
            About retention plans
      3. Adding a new Skype for Business Archiving target
        1.  
          Adding a new Skype for Business Archiving target using the Administration Console
        2.  
          Adding a new Skype for Business Archiving target using PowerShell
    8. Editing a Skype for Business Archiving target
      1.  
        Editing a Skype for Business Archiving target using the Administration Console
      2.  
        Editing a Skype for Business Archiving target using PowerShell
    9. Listing available Skype for Business Archiving targets
      1.  
        Listing available Skype for Business Archiving targets using the Administration Console
      2.  
        Listing available Skype for Business Archiving targets using PowerShell
    10. Deleting Skype for Business Archiving targets
      1.  
        Disabling a Skype for Business target
      2.  
        Checking that all exported conversations have been archived
      3.  
        Deleting Skype for Business archiving targets
    11.  
      Monitoring Skype for Business processes
    12.  
      Generating usage reports for Skype for Business Archiving
    13. Changing the Enterprise Vault server used to archive Skype for Business conversations
      1.  
        About permissions
      2.  
        Updating the Skype for Business target to use a new Enterprise Vault server
      3.  
        Stopping the SMTP Archiving task on the old Enterprise Vault server
    14. Using Compliance Accelerator or Discovery Accelerator with Skype for Business Archiving
      1.  
        Ensuring that the Accelerator products can get the SIP addresses of the Skype for Business users
      2.  
        Ensuring that Compliance Accelerator can determine the correct direction of travel of the Skype for Business conversations
  5. Appendix A. PowerShell cmdlets for Skype for Business
    1.  
      About the Skype for Business cmdlets
    2.  
      Running the Skype for Business cmdlets
    3.  
      Get-EVSkypeForBusinessTarget
    4.  
      New-EVSkypeForBusinessTarget
    5.  
      Remove-EVSkypeForBusinessTarget
    6.  
      Set-EVSkypeForBusinessTarget

Managing data in the Skype for Business archiving database

Prerequisite configuration for Enterprise Vault Skype for Business Archiving is described in the guide, Installing and Configuring. As part of this preparation, you need to configure the Skype for Business Server to archive conversations to a SQL database. When you start Enterprise Vault Skype for Business Archiving, Enterprise Vault exports the conversations from the SQL database to the SMTP holding folder on the Enterprise Vault server.

To avoid a build-up of conversations in the SQL database, do not enable archiving to the SQL database before you have finished configuring Enterprise Vault Skype for Business Archiving. You can use the Set-CsArchivingConfiguration PowerShell cmdlet to enable or disable Skype for Business Server archiving to the SQL database.

To view the backlog of conversations in the Skype for Business SQL database, you can run the Skype for Business cmdlet, Export-CSArchivingData, with the parameter, -WhatIf. The cmdlet is available in the Skype for Business Server Management Shell. The following cmdlet example displays the number of items that are recorded in the archiving SQL database on the SQL server, SQLserver01.example.com, after November 1, 2013:

Export-CsArchivingData -Identity "ArchivingDatabase:SQLserver01.example.com" -OutputFolder "C:\ExportedData" -StartDate 11/1/2013 -WhatIf

For more information on the Export-CSArchivingData cmdlet, use the Get-Help cmdlet, or visit the URL, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398452.aspx.

If you plan to use an existing Skype for Business archiving SQL database for Enterprise Vault archiving, the database may contain legacy data. To avoid storing unwanted data in Enterprise Vault, you can use the cmdlet, Invoke-CsArchivingDatabasePurge, to delete the unwanted data in the database before you start Enterprise Vault Skype for Business Archiving. The cmdlet is available in the Skype for Business Server Management Shell. The following cmdlet example deletes all archived data that is more than 24 hours old in the Skype for Business archiving database on the SQL server, SQLserver01.example.com:

Invoke-CsArchivingDatabasePurge -Identity "service:ArchivingDatabase:SQLserver01.example.com" -PurgeArchivingDataOlderThanHours 24 -PurgeExportedArchivesOnly $False

You can find more information on how to manage purging of archived data in Skype for Business at the URL, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dn933895.aspx.

For more information on the Invoke-CsArchivingDatabasePurge cmdlet, use the Get-Help cmdlet, or visit the URL, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj204627.aspx.