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Retention policy and hard delete
Hello, We have a Hybrid setup with Exchange 2013 Servers. I have created an Email Retention Policy to my O365 tenant in Security and Compliance to keep emails forever. My question is if a mailbox...
So what is the purpose of having a retention policy and why does it have the option to keep emails for 7 years/forever?
What Adam is referring to is the "old", Exchange-style retention policies. If you have configured a retention policy via the Security and compliance center, the mailbox and any content subject to the policy will be preserved for the selected duration. In case the entire mailbox object is removed, it will still be preserved as "Inactive" mailbox. Review the documentation for more details: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/overview-of-retention-policies-5e377752-700d-4870-9b6d-12bfc12d2423