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How do team chat platforms handle audit logs and activity trails for admin actions when we need to pass a security review?

Measured in 1 answer, last on Nov 10, 2026. Only the passages that name a brand are shown.

Brands in the answers

BrandNamed inRecommended inPositiveAvg. position
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Microsoft Teams100%0%0%—
Google Chat100%0%0%—
Mattermost100%0%0%—
Google Workspace100%0%0%—

Where each answer names a brand

Answer 1 · Nov 10, 2026 · 4 sources cited
“Slack Provides an Audit Logs dashboard and an Audit Logs API for Enterprise organizations.”
+ Audit Logs dashboard and API

“Provides an Audit Logs dashboard and an Audit Logs API for Enterprise organizations.”

+ Event detail and export/SIEM integration

“Events include actors, actions, affected entities, and context. Logs can be exported as CSV or JSON and integrated with SIEM tools.”

− Audit Logs API limited to Enterprise

“Important: Audit Logs API access is an Enterprise feature.”

− Two-year maximum audit log retention

“For example, Slack documents a maximum two-year audit log retention period for Enterprise customers as of April 30, 2026.”

“Microsoft Teams Administrative and user activity auditing is handled through Microsoft Purview Audit.”
+ Auditing via Microsoft Purview Audit with cross-M365 investigation

“Teams-related events can be investigated alongside other Microsoft 365 activity, which is useful for organization-wide compliance reviews.”

“Team chat platforms such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and Mattermost typically handle audit logs through a combination of administrative event logging, centralized audit trails, access controls, retention policies, and integrations with SIEM/security monitoring tools.”
“Mattermost Offers advanced audit logging, including configurable outputs such as console, files, syslog, and TCP sockets.”
+ Advanced audit logging with configurable outputs

“Offers advanced audit logging, including configurable outputs such as console, files, syslog, and TCP sockets.”

+ Suitable for self-hosted collaboration infrastructure

“This can be useful for organizations operating self-hosted collaboration infrastructure.”

Google Workspace
“Google Workspace Provides Admin Audit logs and other service-specific audit logs.”
+ Admin Audit logs forwardable to Google Cloud Logging

“These can be forwarded into Google Cloud Logging for centralized monitoring and investigation.”

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