SharePoint 2013 eDiscovery, brief overview

a successful eDiscovery solution will…

respond quickly and accurately to

litigation threats

discover records quickly while

filtering extra information

balance review costs with the danger

of delivering privileged content

comply with legal discovery

requirements

be simple and intuitive for users

eDiscovery process model

Manage Identify

Preserve

Collect

Process

Review

Analyze

Produce Present

Volume Relevance

SharePoint 2013 eDiscoverysignificant step forward

a site collection from which you can perform

eDiscovery queries across multiple SharePoint

farms and Exchange

case site template is very user friendly

identify, hold, search & export content

in place holds for SharePoint, Exchange and Lync

placing holds takes minutes, not days

support for searching and exporting content from

file shares

the ability to export discovered content from

Exchange Server 2013 and SharePoint Server

2013

track statistics related to any case

SharePoint 2013 eDiscovery Key Features

case Manager, which enables records managers to create and manage enterprise-wide

discovery projects, place potentially large amounts and various types of content on hold, and

preserve a snapshot of content

enterprise-wide access, which includes the ability to put content on hold and to search for

content from a central location. It also includes the ability to conduct searches, access

SharePoint content, and place content on hold in any configured SharePoint location

in-Place Holds, which enables an attorney to preserve a snapshot of content while ensuring

that users can continue to make changes without disturbing the state of the content snapshot

analytics, which enable attorneys, administrators, and records managers to collect and

analyze data about eDiscovery activity.

what SharePoint eDiscovery can do

create & manage• Enterprise Content Management• Enterprise search across content

repositories• Metadata and tagging in SharePoint

libraries• eDiscovery Center—centralized case

creation and management

identify & hold• identify content repositories, SharePoint

sites, mailboxes and crawled content• filter content based on properties, like

dates and authors• in-place holds across SharePoint and

Exchange

search & export• perform custom queries of identified

content sources• review query statistics• preview query content• export query content• export reports on query discovery,

content and other key information

SharePoint eDiscovery PROS

easy to pilot integrated with existing technologies and may not

require separate investment

centrally managed with simple interface, powerful

delivery system

flexible supports in-place holds across multiple systems

fast implement a robust eDiscovery system in days

and weeks with a platform already available to

you

move from creating a case to reporting on held

content in minutes

SharePoint eDiscoveryCONS

SharePoint 2013 isn’t an end-to-end

eDiscovery solution

some content sources cannot be held-in-

place file Shares

enterprise systems other than SharePoint

litigation hold notifications require 3rd

party solutions or custom development

discovered records still require a legal

review solution outside of SharePoint

before they can be produced