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Dan_Snape
Oct 19, 2017Steel Contributor
O365 license requirements for litigation hold and retention policy
A customer of ours has been advised that to configure litigation hold for a mailbox in Exchange Online, the mailbox must have a valid license for a minimum of three months. I've not seen this licensi...
VasilMichev
Oct 19, 2017MVP
I think this is about the leavers/importing archived content scenario, where you onboard content to O365 just to put it on hold and provision it as Inactive mailbox. Microsoft recently toyed with the idea to start charging for those: https://www.petri.com/no-licenses-office-365-inactive-mailboxes
- Dan_SnapeOct 19, 2017Steel Contributor
That's right VasilMichev, the conversation was around importing mailboxes of users who have left the organisation. I understand that Microsoft haven't moved forward with requiring a license for inactive mailboxes, but is there any requirement to have a mailbox licensed for a minimum amount of time before the mailbox can be configured as inactive?
- VasilMichevOct 19, 2017MVP
Nothing official, but that's not the first time I've heard about this. Hopefully we're not in for another surprise...