Update 01/12/2026: More details added in the first FAQ.
TL; DR: A new capability called Auto Archiving for Exchange Online will enter public preview from November 15, 2025 (currently under private ...
Updated Jan 12, 2026
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A global redesign of retention policies and how they work, that cannot be opted out of, with one week notice is just dumbfounding.
It took my org well over 6 months of internal negotiation to decide on our retention policies, what tags they would have, and which policy would be applied to which job codes. You're putting organizations that have carefully and thoughtfully engineered their archiving policy into an impossible position by making this kind of change. I strongly urge you to reconsider this. This is poorly thought out.
This is exactly the point I'm trying to get across. Organizations need time for change management. Dropping something like this with 8 days' notice isn't great. I did go searching, there was no mention of this on the Roadmap for Exchange either. This is the first I've heard of this feature, and it's 8 days out.