Google Workspace Enterprise Plus Archived User Annual Plan
Maintain access to historical user data and ensure compliance with Google Workspace Enterprise Plus Archived User Annual Plan, offering secure archiving for your business.
- Archived User Access: Retain access to past employee data for compliance and historical reference.
- Annual Plan Value: Benefit from cost savings with a yearly commitment, paid monthly.
- Enterprise Plus Features: Access advanced security, compliance, and collaboration tools.
- Data Preservation: Securely store user data without incurring full user license costs.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Google Workspace Enterprise Plus Archived User provides a cost-effective solution for retaining access to historical data of former employees. This plan ensures that critical information remains accessible for compliance, legal discovery, or business continuity needs, without the expense of a full user license.
This service is designed for organizations that need to maintain records of past employees' communications, documents, and other Workspace data. It integrates with your existing Google Workspace environment, allowing IT administrators to manage archived accounts and access data as needed.
- Archived Data Access: Provides continued access to emails, documents, and other data from former users.
- Compliance and eDiscovery: Supports regulatory compliance and legal hold requirements by preserving historical data.
- Cost-Effective Storage: Offers a lower-cost alternative to maintaining full user licenses for inactive accounts.
- Security and Control: Maintains Google's security standards for archived data.
- Annual Commitment: Secure an annual plan with the flexibility of monthly payments.
Ensure your business continuity and compliance by preserving essential historical data with this cost-effective archiving solution.
What This Enables
Retain historical employee data for compliance
Enable teams to maintain access to past employee emails, documents, and other Workspace data. This ensures adherence to regulatory requirements and internal data retention policies.
Cloud-based productivity suites, regulated industries, data governance, business continuity
Support legal discovery and eDiscovery requests
Streamline the process of responding to legal holds and eDiscovery requests by having readily available access to archived user information. This reduces the risk of non-compliance and associated penalties.
Legal departments, compliance officers, IT administration, cloud data management
Reduce costs for inactive user accounts
Automate cost savings by assigning archived user licenses to former employees instead of full user licenses. This optimizes IT spend while preserving necessary data access.
IT budget management, SaaS cost optimization, cloud resource management
Key Features
Archived User License
Provides access to historical data for former employees at a significantly reduced cost compared to a full user license.
Annual Plan with Monthly Payments
Offers the financial predictability of an annual commitment with the convenience of monthly billing.
Google Workspace Enterprise Plus Features
Access to advanced security, compliance, and management capabilities inherent to the Enterprise Plus tier for archived data.
Data Retention and Access
Ensures that critical business data remains accessible for compliance, legal, or historical reference purposes.
Centralized Management
Allows IT administrators to manage archived accounts and data access through the familiar Google Workspace admin console.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Highly regulated industries requiring long-term data retention for compliance, audits, and legal discovery.
Legal & Professional Services
Requires meticulous record-keeping and access to historical client communications and case files for extended periods.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Subject to strict data privacy and retention regulations (like HIPAA) necessitating secure access to historical patient and operational data.
Government & Public Sector
Mandated to maintain public records and historical data for transparency, accountability, and legal purposes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Archived User license in Google Workspace?
An Archived User license is a special type of license for Google Workspace that allows you to retain access to the data of former employees at a lower cost than a full user license. It is designed for compliance and historical data access.
How does this plan help with compliance?
This plan helps with compliance by ensuring that data from former employees is preserved and accessible for legal discovery, audits, and regulatory requirements. You can maintain access to historical communications and documents.
Can I still access the data of archived users?
Yes, administrators can access the data associated with archived user accounts. The specific level of access and management capabilities are part of the Google Workspace Enterprise Plus features.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.