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Archive Admin Bundle — ControlCenter Quick Tour

Introduced: v1.2 (PLAN-1614)

The Archive Admin Bundle is the consolidated ControlCenter view for all archive-related operations. It replaces the seven separate archive pages with a unified navigational shell and a live KPI dashboard.

Accessing the bundle

Navigate to ControlCenter → Archive (left nav). The bundle landing page is /Archive (the KPI dashboard). A persistent sticky secondary nav appears at the top of every archive page:

Nav item URL Description
Dashboard /Archive 7-card KPI overview (live)
Archive Mode /Archive/Mode Enable / disable archive mode per site
Identity /Archive/Identity Identity resolution (user → archive mapping)
Import /Archive/ImportProgress Per-farm import job progress
Audit Log /Archive/AuditLog Live-tail event log with CSV export
Integrity /Archive/Integrity Hash-walk status and mismatches
Retention /Archive/Retention Retention anchor assignment and expiry
Legal Hold /Archive/LegalHold Active holds, items under hold

KPI Dashboard (/Archive)

The dashboard fetches GET /_api/archive/dashboard every 30 seconds and renders a card per section.

Card Key metrics shown
Archive Mode Sites archived, recently-activated
Identity Total principals resolved, pending
Import Farms reporting, last import timestamp
Audit Log Event rate (24 h), last event
Integrity Items tracked, open mismatches
Retention Items under retention, expiring in 7 d, blocked attempts (24 h)
Legal Hold Active holds, items under hold, read-log mode

All counts start at 0 for a fresh database — the card renders without error.

The SignalR hub at /signalr/archive-bundle streams SectionActivity messages. When any publisher (legal-hold, retention, integrity, audit-log) emits an event the corresponding card flashes briefly. The dashboard auto-reconnects on disconnect.

Legal Hold Audit page (/Archive/LegalHold/{holdId}/Audit)

Each legal hold listed on /Archive/LegalHold has a link to its audit trail. The audit page shows per-item read-access events with date-range filtering (from / to). Data comes from GET /_api/archive/legalhold/holds/{holdId}/read-access.

Import Progress page (/Archive/ImportProgress)

Shows per-farm import job progress. Polls GET /_api/archive/import-progress every 10 seconds. Displays farm name, total items, imported count, status, and last-updated timestamp. Handles empty state (no farms configured) gracefully.

Live updates (SignalR)

All bundle pages share the ArchiveBundleHub at /signalr/archive-bundle. The hub broadcasts to the archive-bundle-all group. Each page calls ArchiveBundle.setSectionRefresh(fn) to register a data-reload callback triggered on incoming SectionActivity messages that match the page's section.

Publishers that drive live updates: - LegalHoldAuditPublisher — fires on hold applied / released / blocked access / read access - RetentionAuditPublisher — fires on anchor assigned / delete blocked / window extended / expiry reached - IntegrityAuditPublisher — fires on walk started / completed / mismatch / record created - DurableAuditEventSink — fires on every audit-log emit

See also: Archive Tools Operator Guide

See also: Tutorial G — SharePoint On-Premises Retirement Archive

See also: Cesivi Archive Variant A — Whitepaper

See also: Compliance Cookbook — HIPAA/GDPR/SOX/FRCP

See also: Archive Cluster Deployment Guide