Automated Terminated User Offboarding: Archiving Orphaned OneDrive for Business Accounts to Cold Storage | LoveSharePoint
1. Executive Summary & Problem Analysis
When employees depart an organization, their Entra ID account is deactivated, leaving their personal OneDrive for Business site collection in an orphaned state. Automating ownership reassignment preserves business-critical records and ensures legal hold compliance.
Modern Microsoft 365 tenants require robust, repeatable governance mechanisms to guarantee high security, operational resilience, and full compliance with industry standards. Unmonitored configurations lead to security blind spots, administrative overhead, and cloud license bloat.