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Priority Cleanup V2: Faster, Simpler Data Purging for Exchange Online

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Victor Legat
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Mar 18, 2026

Planned enhancements, seeking customer feedback and collaboration during private preview before implementation

Enhancements Achieved with Exchange Priority Cleanup V2 Priority Cleanup (Use priority cleanup to expedite the permanent deletion of sensitive information from mailboxes | Microsoft Learn) was intr...
Updated Mar 18, 2026
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nhawk258
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Mar 19, 2026

We've yet to get the approval process for Priority Cleanup to work properly. It doesn't seem to respect PIM Eligible roles for Purview Admin access. If an admin is defined as one of the approvers but does not have their role active when the request is submitted, no notification is generated. 

That's a huge miss in my mind and should be part of any sort of v2 that is rolled out.