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defender-xdr/before-you-begin-defender-experts.md

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 # Before you begin using Defender Experts for Hunting
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 All data used for hunting from existing Defender services will continue to reside in the customer's original Microsoft Defender XDR service storage location. [Learn more](/microsoft-365/enterprise/o365-data-locations)
 
-Defender Experts for Hunting operational data, such as case tickets and analyst notes, are generated and stored in a Microsoft data center in the US region for the length of the service, irrespective of the Microsoft Defender XDR service storage location. Data generated for the reporting dashboard is stored in customer's Microsoft Defender XDR service storage location. Reporting data and operational data will be retained for a grace period of no more than 90 days after a customer's subscription expires. If the customer terminates their subscription, data will be deleted within 30 days.
+Defender Experts for Hunting operational data, such as case tickets and analyst notes, are generated and stored in a Microsoft data center in the US region for US customers and in the European Union for EU customers, for the length of the service, irrespective of the Microsoft Defender XDR service storage location. Data generated for the reporting dashboard is stored in customer's Microsoft Defender XDR service storage location. Reporting data and operational data will be retained for a grace period of no more than 90 days after a customer's subscription expires. If the customer terminates their subscription, data will be deleted within 30 days.
 
 Microsoft experts hunt over [advanced hunting logs](advanced-hunting-schema-tables.md) in Microsoft Defender XDR advanced hunting tables. The data in these tables depend on the set of Defender services the customer is enabled for (for example, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and Microsoft Entra ID). Experts also use a large set of internal threat intelligence data to inform their hunting and automation.