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Jesper Stein
Brass Contributor
Oct 13, 2017
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Retention Policys

We have a discussion around retention policys.   My colleage says that a user can hard-delete an item from his/hers mailbox and this will not be preserved by the retention policy, therefor the admi...
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  • VasilMichev's avatar
    VasilMichev
    Oct 14, 2017

    It's another name clash, but in all fairness the old ones (configurable via the EAC) did not "retain" anything. On the contrary, they were only used to delete/archive items, which is kinda the opposite of retention. The new ones, configurable via the SCC, act across the service and do actual retention.

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VasilMichev
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Oct 13, 2017

Depends on which version of "retention policies" you're talking about :) The ones you configure from the EAC do NOT preserve items. The ones you configure in the SCC do.

  • Ivan54's avatar
    Ivan54
    Bronze Contributor
    Oct 13, 2017
    interesting, I did't know that.
    • VasilMichev's avatar
      VasilMichev
      MVP
      Oct 14, 2017

      It's another name clash, but in all fairness the old ones (configurable via the EAC) did not "retain" anything. On the contrary, they were only used to delete/archive items, which is kinda the opposite of retention. The new ones, configurable via the SCC, act across the service and do actual retention.

      • Harsha Perera's avatar
        Harsha Perera
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 23, 2017

        Hi Vasil,

         

        Can we use Retention policies in SCC to retain data instead of using a feature like Litigation Hold?