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shockotechcom
Sep 09, 2020Iron Contributor
Forcing Mail Retention in Exchange Online
Guys, I have been looking around at backup solutions for Exchange online. We are on the M365 E5 license. We are told Exchange Online doesn't offer traditional backup. I wish to be able to restore del...
HidMov
Sep 09, 2020Steel Contributor
By default, Exchange Online keeps permanently deleted items (i.e. deleted out of deleted items) for 14 days by default, but this can be changed to a maximum to 30 days - this is for all mailboxes.
In terms of backup - what kind of backup are you looking for? You may want to focus in on Retention Policies if there is certain data you want to ensure is not deleted; alternatively, there are some third party services that act as a more traditional backup.