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Recycle Bin Capture

The Squirrel platform includes a Recycle Bin Capture feature that automatically monitors SharePoint site recycle bins and securely preserves deleted files before they are permanently removed.

Captured items are archived off to Azure storage, ensuring they do not consume SharePoint quota while still remaining accessible for compliance, recovery, or audit purposes.

⚙️ Accessing Recycle Bin Configuration

🧭 Navigate to the Recycle Bin Capture section in the Squirrel Admin panel.
⚙️ Open the General Settings panel to enable monitoring and manage exclusions.
📝 Configure Grace Period, Retention Period, and Processing Site URL.
💾 Click Save Changes to apply configuration settings.

🔧 Configuration Options

Option	Description
Enable Monitoring	Toggle on/off automatic capture of deleted items from SharePoint site recycle bins. Captured files are archived off to Azure storage and do not consume SharePoint quota.
Site Exclusions	Exclude specific sites from monitoring to avoid unnecessary capture.
Grace Period (Days)	Defines how long to wait after deletion before capture begins (default: 7 days).
Retention Period	Determines how long captured files are retained (e.g., 1 year). After this period, archived files are permanently deleted.
Processing Site URL	Designates a SharePoint site where captured items are temporarily staged and processed.
Monitoring Scope	Choose whether to monitor all SharePoint sites in the tenant, or only those included in your archive policy.

⚠️ Important Notes

📄 Only the most recent version of a file is captured (version history is not included).
🔁 Duplicate or locked items may delay recovery; the system retries until successful or until the deleted item expires.

📊 Monitoring Activity

📂 Review captured items under Recycle Bin Capture Activity.
🧾 Logs display site name, file name, size, deleted date, deleted by, stage, and status.
🔄 Use the refresh icon to reload activity and check for items awaiting processing.

✅ Best Practices

Set a grace period to allow for natural user recovery before automated capture.

Align the retention period with your compliance or legal hold requirements.

Regularly review the activity dashboard for capture conflicts or failed recovery attempts.

Use site exclusions to prevent unnecessary monitoring of test or temporary sites.

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