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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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TonyRedmond
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Mar 19, 2026

Speed of processing is mandatory. Priority Cleanup is desperately slow and clumsy (over complicated). 

Reporting what's going on with a summary going back to the people who created a cleanup policy would be a good thing. The report should identify how many matching items have been found, where they are located, and the progress to cleanup.

 

BTW, with my editor hat on, I can't see how you can claim achievements for the V2 solution when it's still being designed.

BTW2, Did the V2 solution ever exit Preview and reach GA? I can't find a GA announcement.