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title: "How to Scan Microsoft Teams with Spirion Sensitive Data Platform"
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# How to Scan Microsoft Teams with Spirion Sensitive Data Platform

Teams shared files can contain sensitive information, and so must be in scope for sensitive data discovery and classification.

## How to Scan Microsoft Teams with Sensitive Data Platform

### Why Scan Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app that enables users to chat, share files, and hold meetings. 

Teams **shared files** can contain sensitive information, and so must be in scope for sensitive data discovery and classification.

### Where does Microsoft Teams store files?

Per Microsoft documentation [here](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/file-storage-in-microsoft-teams-df5cc0a5-d1bb-414c-8870-46c6eb76686a).

Microsoft stores files depending on how they are uploaded. 

This is either:

-   SharePoint for Teams Channel chats
-   OneDrive for Teams Chats
-   See the screenshot below for more detail

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/01829707-b39b-4107-a45f-d846f7f4f5e0)

## Spirion Scanning of SharePoint Online and Exchange Online

Spirion can support scanning Microsoft Teams files in both **Channels** and **Chats** as it can connect to **SharePoint Online** and **OneDrive for Business**. 

These locations are automatically covered when the **SharePoint Team Channel** site and the **OneDrive account** are scanned. 

To filter the Microsoft Teams Chats results from OneDrive for Business scans, simply **filter reporting results** to contain the folder:

-   \\Microsoft Teams Chat Files\\
-   /Microsoft Teams Chat Files/
-   (The direction of the '/' character may change based on the scan context)

Below is a screen capture of the 3rd screen in the Custom Report creation wizard, **Filters**. (Note the "Or" operator to the top left of the filter logic. To change this operator to "And" simply click the button itself.)  
![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/14f15567-7234-4beb-9e49-dcdf0208d99a)

You can access this page by creating a new custom report or by modifying an existing report by selecting **Manage** from the three dot menu right of the report, in the reports list.  
![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/c5fd3a4f-6516-4593-b7ed-75b35de8496a)

### Sample Teams Chat Report

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/a209af0c-c5c1-4747-8ef6-79c1de6ad847)

## Supplementary Documentation

-   *How to Search Microsoft OneDrive for Business*
-   *Spirion SDP User Guide: SharePoint Online scan*
-   *How to Use Certificates to Authenticate with SharePoint Online*