No. The Archived User license type allows businesses to retain data of former employees at a reduced license price. Archived User licenses are only available for these editions:
- Enterprise Plus
- Enterprise Standard
- Business Plus
Google Workspace for Education Best practice
The best practice for the Google Workspace Education license is to suspend user accounts rather than delete them. When a user account is suspended, removing their Education Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, or Education Plus license is best practice, but it can be reused later. Education Fundamentals licenses do not need to be removed.
Having Google Vault setup allows you to determine what content gets preserved in the domain and then offers easy access for searched and exported data to ensure it meets your eDiscovery and compliance needs. Its goal is not to restore data quickly but to retain critical data in an organized way so that searching for specific information when it is needed becomes easier. For example, Vault becomes a valuable tool when administrators need to search for data related to litigations or regulatory compliance.