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Content Search & Unindexed Items
I FINALLY got an answer from MS Support. The purge function will never delete an unindexed item. They also have removed the ability to exlude unindexed items from search due to legal reasons. You can exclude unindexed on export, but not on search anymore like you used to be able to.
The following resouces detail the changes.
- Unindexed items : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Unindexed-items-in-Content-Search-in-Office-365-d1691de4-ca0d-446f-a0d0-373a4fc8487b
- Creating a content search : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Run-a-Content-Search-in-the-Office-365-Security-Compliance-Center-61852fd9-fe8a-4880-a339-cb19ed3bff4a?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#create
- Search & Purge : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Search-for-and-delete-email-messages-in-your-Office-365-organization-Admin-Help-3526fd06-b45f-445b-aed4-5ebd37b3762a#moreinfo
Wow... I just tried to run this via powershell and the -IncludeUnindexedItems switch is not avialable there either.
PS C:\Scripts> New-ComplianceSearch -Name "deltaphishing2" -ExchangeLocation All -IncludeUnindexedItemsEnabled False -WhatIf
A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'IncludeUnindexedItemsEnabled'.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-ComplianceSearch], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,New-ComplianceSearch
+ PSComputerName : ps.compliance.protection.outlook.com
Can someone else see if they still have the ability?
The parameter is available for the "action" cmdlets, not the generic "search" ones. But you are right, it does not seem to be available for the Purge action. Here's an example for Export:
New-CComplianceSearchAction -SearchName blabla -Export -Scope UnindexedItemsOnly
I FINALLY got an answer from MS Support. The purge function will never delete an unindexed item. They also have removed the ability to exlude unindexed items from search due to legal reasons. You can exclude unindexed on export, but not on search anymore like you used to be able to.
The following resouces detail the changes.
- Unindexed items : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Unindexed-items-in-Content-Search-in-Office-365-d1691de4-ca0d-446f-a0d0-373a4fc8487b
- Creating a content search : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Run-a-Content-Search-in-the-Office-365-Security-Compliance-Center-61852fd9-fe8a-4880-a339-cb19ed3bff4a?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#create
- Search & Purge : https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Search-for-and-delete-email-messages-in-your-Office-365-organization-Admin-Help-3526fd06-b45f-445b-aed4-5ebd37b3762a#moreinfo