Last updated: 2025-12-02
Protect Communication History - Setup
Protect Communication History - Setup
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- Overview
- Turning On Protect Communication History
- Verifying Protect Communication History Status
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Overview
This section describes how to enable and verify the status of the [Protect Communication
History](/help/pro/protect/communication/history/-/introduction) feature for an office.
For more information about system configuration, see [Office
Settings](/help/pro/office/settings).
Turning On Protect Communication History
Note: These instructions apply only
to customers who host their own SmartOffice servers. Other customers
(e.g., SmartOffice Online customers) must contact [SmartOffice
Technical Support](/help/pro/technical/support/information) to turn on Protect Communication History.
The SmartOffice system administrator can turn on the Protect Communication
History as follows:
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[Sign
in](/help/pro/signing/in/to/smartoffice) to the System office.
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From the [side
menu](/help/pro/navigation/-/side/menu), select Setup >
Office Settings.
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If a search box opens, search for and
select the appropriate office.
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Navigate to the [office
Detail content link](/help/pro/office/settings/-/details).
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Do the following:
Select the Protect
Communication History option.
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(Optional) Select the Lock
Notes after 24 hours option to lock SmartPad and other
record notes 24 hours after they are created. If this option is
not selected, users can edit notes without restriction.
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Select Menu
> Save.
Verifying Protect Communication History Status
To confirm that Protect Communication History has been enabled, any
SmartOffice user with administrator rights in the office can do the following:
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From the SmartOffice [side
menu](/help/pro/navigation/-/side/menu), select Setup >
Office Settings to display
the [office Detail content
link](/help/pro/office/settings/-/details).
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Verify the Protect Communication History
setting. The option should be selected, and the date on which the
feature was enabled should be displayed.
For information about the Lock notes after
24 hours option, see [Protect
Communication History - SmartPad Notes](/help/pro/protect/communication/history/-/smartpad/notes).
Note: The adjacent Enable Security
Within Office option is in not related to Protect Communication History.
This option is related to the office
security/-/introduction) features of SmartOffice.
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