Google Vault offers retention and eDiscovery for G Suite. Vault is used to retain, hold, search, and export data in support of your organization’s retention and eDiscovery needs. Vault is included with G Suite enterprise and business licenses, or you can buy Vault licenses individually for users that have a G Suite basic license. Vault supports:
G Suite customers can use Vault for:
Google Vault: GmailThe types of attachments that are Indexed Compatible text-based attachment file types (for example, files with .pdf, .xslx, and .docx extensions) are indexed for search. However, Vault doesn't index video, audio, image, and binary content. How Vault handles large messages and attachments Vault indexes and searches approximately the first megabyte of a message and any attachments. If Vault finds a match, it searches the rest of the data and makes it available for preview and export. Google Vault: Google DriveHow Vault works for Google Drive Vault searches Drive for all files owned by and directly shared with the users specified in your search query. This includes files in a shared drive that are directly shared with a user, regardless of whether the user is a member of that shared drive. Vault also searches:
Searchable files in Vault/Google Drive You can search for words and phrases that occur in file names and in the contents of files. Vault indexes the first 100 pages of text files and the first 10 pages of text in image PDFs. You can search text within the following file types:
Previewable files in Vault/Google Drive You can preview these files:
How linked files are handled in Vault/Google Drive Users can link a Google file to another Google file. For example, someone writing in a Google Doc can create a chart that's linked to data contained in a Google Sheet. Whenever the spreadsheet is updated, the chart in the document is also updated. When you search files in Drive, Vault returns only the files that match your search criteria. If those files include linked files that fall outside of your query, the linked files aren't included in your results. Important Links on Google VaultShare matters with other Vault users |
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