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Make sure Retention Policy has applied properly

Hi All,

I have create a retention policy on Exchange email and OneDrive with a 1 year retention. now I was wondering, is there anyway that I can make sure my retention policy has been applied properly.

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michev answered dilannanayakkara-8008 commented

You can check the distribution status and some additional details via PowerShell. If you want to check whether items are actually preserved, you can delete an item, then run eDiscovery/content search to confirm it's still available. Items older than one year should start to be removed automatically too, so check against such item.

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Thank you @michev.

When I delete, it would be applied default 30 days retention of Office 365 right. how should i avoid that?

Thanks,
Dilan

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michev avatar image michev dilannanayakkara-8008 ·

No, those are different things. The settings you configured above apply to items/documents, not users.

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Thanks,

I'll check and get back to you

@michev "Items older than one year should start to be removed automatically too, so check against such item." is it meaning items older than 1 year in mailbox going to delete automatically although those items hasn't deleted by user?

Initially I thought retention policy going to apply only for user deleted items.

Thanks,
Dilan

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