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Communications & Records Archive

Every channel your team uses. A working archive.

Find captured conversations, explore archived files and bring relevant records into a review or investigation. Comma connects the archive with the work that follows.

An archive you can work from

An archive should help you answer a question: what was discussed, which records relate to it and who needs to review them? Comma brings captured business communications into an archive, with search, source browsing and connections to policy review and cases.

Start with your organization’s email and collaboration tools, mobile messaging, calls, available meeting recordings and business files. Connector coverage determines the sources, content types and events available for your deployment.

Comma archived messages list with search, platform and user filters across captured email and mobile conversations
Search and filter captured conversations by platform and user, then open a thread.

Capture before messages disappear

Most mobile messaging platforms weren’t designed for compliance. Messages can be edited, deleted, or live only on a device. Connect business communications to the archive before a review depends on finding them. Capture methods and edit or deletion coverage vary by connector; a connection cannot recover content it never received.

Find the context behind the conversation

  1. Find captured conversations

    Search the archive and narrow the view using its available filters. Open a conversation to inspect the content and participants in context.
  2. Browse archived files

    Explore file sources and folders, then inspect available versions, metadata and related custodians. File coverage depends on the connected source.
  3. Review relevant activity

    Use configured policy matching and reviewer queues to assess communications that merit attention. A flag is a prompt for human review, not a finding.
  4. Organize an investigation

    Connect relevant content with a case, assign an owner and record the work. Expanded timeline and identity investigation features are available for enabled teams.

Files belong in the archive conversation too

Shared files can provide context that a message alone cannot. Comma’s file archive lets reviewers browse source locations and inspect the available file history alongside related information.

Comma Files archive with shared Google Drive sources and links to browse their contents
Shared-file sources in the archive. Counts and backfill labels describe these example sources.

Different records need different capture paths

Your sourceWhat to establish before connecting it
Email and collaborationAccounts, messages, files and available history your permissions allow.
Mobile messagingThe supported capture method and business communications in scope.
Calls and meetingsWhether recordings exist at the source and which transcripts or other artifacts are available.
CRM systemsWhether you need communications sent into the CRM, CRM records archived, or both.
Shared filesLocations, versions and source events available for capture.

See meeting recording archiving and CRM records and sync for those separate workflows. Capture methods and edit, deletion or historical coverage vary by connector. Agree on the coverage your organization needs rather than assuming every source behaves the same way.

Regulators worldwide are moving on off-channel messaging

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s 2025 review of wholesale banks surveyed 11 wholesale banks. Eight reported 178 internal off-channel policy breaches over the preceding year; 41% involved staff at director grade or above. Internal policy breaches are not necessarily breaches of FCA rules.

In Hong Kong, the Securities and Futures Commission’s action against Sincere Securities included failures to keep contemporaneous records of client orders received through WhatsApp. Communications recordkeeping is not just a US concern, and email alone does not cover the channels under scrutiny.

Configure the archive for your organization

Your team chooses its retention configuration and the business communications in scope. There is no single retention period that establishes suitability for every record or organization. Review the selected framework and operating policy with your legal and compliance team.

The Configuration Center brings team settings, channels, classification and retention into the administration workflow. For enabled teams, the jurisdiction workspace also records legal baselines and counsel positions. It distinguishes recorded intent from active enforcement.

Comma is designed against SEC 17a-4, FINRA 4511, CFTC 1.31 and MiFID II electronic-recordkeeping requirements. That is a design statement, not regulatory approval or a determination that your obligations are satisfied.

Get records to the people who need them

Use case reports for an investigation’s working record. Discuss source-record collections and recipient-specific requirements when planning an evidence handoff. E-discovery and investigations explains the available workflow and its enablement boundaries.

For an additional copy in your own cloud tenancy, Comma supports delivery to a customer-owned Amazon S3 bucket or Azure Blob container after activation. This adds a copy alongside the Comma archive. It starts from activation and does not backfill earlier content. You control the delivered copy’s storage and immutability configuration. The customer bucket delivery guide explains setup and activation.

Data location requires its own review. A copy in your bucket does not relocate Comma’s operating environment. Data residency and enterprise deployment planning cover that discussion.

Frequently asked questions

Is Comma an archive, or does it only capture messages?
Comma offers an archive for captured communications and supported business records, alongside review and case workflows. The archive includes conversation search and file browsing; expanded discovery is enabled for the team.
Can we archive WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal alongside email?
Comma has capture paths for these sources. Review the connector requirements, deployment scope and coverage for the accounts you want to connect.
Can the archive include calls, meeting recordings and CRM records?
Those records have source-specific capture and availability requirements. Calls and available meeting artifacts depend on the connected service; CRM archival is separate from sending communications into a CRM. We confirm the required connectors and enablement during evaluation.
Can an archived record become part of a case?
Yes. Relevant content can be linked with a case so reviewers can organize evidence, ownership, status and resolution.
Does customer-owned storage mean running Comma on premises?
No. Bucket delivery places an additional copy in your Amazon S3 or Azure Blob storage. It does not deploy the Comma application on premises or replace the Comma archive.

See the archive with a real question in mind.

Bring your source inventory and a sample review or investigation. We'll demonstrate how captured records connect with the work your team needs to do.

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