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Jounaling - How to find content in it?
So I'm new to Journaling. I've read and found how to enable it. I've tested it and confirmed journal content arrives in the journal mailbox (on-prem)... but what happens after that, I can't find mu...
If you are already using O365, best stick to using the built-in compliance features instead of Journaling. Put whichever mailboxes you want to preserve on hold, then use eDiscovery to search/export as needed. One of the biggest benefits for this approach is that all data stays in place, all in the same system, and you dont need any additional tools.
If you need to use Journaling for some reason, you will have to rely on whatever the external system supports. In the case of Exchange Server, you can use eDiscovery or the good old Search-Mailbox cmdlet, here are some references:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/create-in-place-ediscovery-search-exchange-2013-help
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/policy-and-compliance/ediscovery/message-properties-and-search-operators?view=exchserver-2019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/search-mailbox?view=exchange-ps
If you need to use Journaling for some reason, you will have to rely on whatever the external system supports. In the case of Exchange Server, you can use eDiscovery or the good old Search-Mailbox cmdlet, here are some references:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/create-in-place-ediscovery-search-exchange-2013-help
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/policy-and-compliance/ediscovery/message-properties-and-search-operators?view=exchserver-2019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/search-mailbox?view=exchange-ps