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Exchange Online, Retention Policies. For Mailboxes.
Hey Guys, Quick question here, i am trying to understand if you can create a new retention policy in exchange online and have it set as default, so that all new mailboxes will be assigned that n...
The correct way to change the default retention policy in ExO is via the mailbox plans.
Get-MailboxPlan | Set-MailboxPlan -RetentionPolicy "New MRM policy"
This simple example will set it on all plans, but you can configure it on specific ones if needed. Remember that mailbox plans apply to newly created mailboxes only, so for any already existing ones you still have to apply the retention policy via the EAC or via Set-Mailbox.
actually it looks like i may have found my answer. https://practical365.com/exchange-online/controlling-exchange-online-mailbox-features-mailbox-plans/
there is also a get/set cas-mailboxplan as well.
Robert