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Marcel Baschenegger
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Apr 06, 2023

Retention Policies when item gets deleted?

Hello guys,  I'm right now spinning my head around the following question, may you can assist. Lets assume I have a retention policy (MRM) assigned to some mailbox which contains a tag  - Tagtype:...
  • VasilMichev's avatar
    Apr 06, 2023
    Yes, it's possible. Old-style Exchange retention policies DO NOT preserve data and are not suitable for scenarios where you want to (immutably) store it for XXX days. They only address the "get rid of this items after XXX days" scenario.
    If you want to prevent deletion, you need to apply some type of hold. Good old litigation hold will do just fine, in case you don't want to switch to the "modern" retention policies.

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