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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
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.

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

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?

VasilMichev
MVP
Oct 23, 2017
You can, read the article I linked to above.
- Harsha Perera
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 24, 2017
  Thanks. Somehow it requires a P2 license or P1+ Exchange Online Archive license.
  - VasilMichev
    MVP
    Oct 24, 2017
    It has no dependency on any of the EMS licenses, if that's what you are referring to with P1/P2.