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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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GrzeWier
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Mar 20, 2026

All of these improvements are waste of your time.

Just bring back Search-Mailbox command and allow it to delete items even if they are on hold(s).

Done