SharePoint 2013 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Business Collaboration Platform, Fourth Edition

CHAPTER 10

Records Management

A record is a type of information, typically a document, that requires structured retention and management to support either internally defined or externally mandated regulatory requirements. Records management encompasses the process and resources to properly handle the declaration, undeclaration, and removed of materials at the appropriate points in their life cycles. Records management in SharePoint is used for the following:

• Uploading materials to be stored and tracked as records.
• Identifying when items managed through the environment are to be classified and managed as records.
• Determining how long records ...