New-CaseHoldRule

This cmdlet is available only in Security & Compliance PowerShell. For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell.

Use the New-CaseHoldRule cmdlet to create new case hold rules in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

New-CaseHoldRule
   [-Name] <String>
   -Policy <PolicyIdParameter>
   [-Comment <String>]
   [-Confirm]
   [-ContentMatchQuery <String>]
   [-Disabled <Boolean>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

You need to add the case hold rule to an existing case hold policy using the Policy parameter. Only one rule can be added to each case hold policy.

To use this cmdlet in Security & Compliance PowerShell, you need to be assigned permissions. For more information, see Permissions in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Examples

Example 1

New-CaseHoldRule -Name "2016 Budget Spreadsheets" -Policy "Internal Company Policy" -ContentMatchQuery "filename:2016 budget filetype:xlsx"

This example creates a new case hold rule named 2016 Budget Spreadsheets and adds it to the existing case hold policy named "Internal Company Policy". The rule applies to Excel worksheets that contain the phrase 2016 budget, such as "2016 budget planning.xlsx" and "2016 budget review.xlsx"

Example 2

New-CaseHoldRule -Name "Contoso Case 07172018 Hold 1" -Policy "Contoso Case 07172018" -ContentMatchQuery "received:12/01/2017..12/31/2018"

This example places email messages received by the recipients between December 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 on hold.

Parameters

-Comment

The Comment parameter specifies an optional comment. If you specify a value that contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks ("), for example: "This is an admin note".

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance

-Confirm

The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.

  • Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax: -Confirm:$false.
  • Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.
Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance

-ContentMatchQuery

The ContentMatchQuery parameter specifies a content search filter. Use this parameter to create a query-based hold so only the content that matches the specified search query is placed on hold.

This parameter uses a text search string or a query that's formatted by using the Keyword Query Language (KQL). For more information, see Keyword Query Language (KQL) syntax reference and Keyword queries and search conditions for eDiscovery.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance

-Disabled

The Disabled parameter specifies whether the case hold rule is enabled or disabled. Valid values are:

  • $true: The rule is disabled.
  • $false: The rule is enabled. This is the default value.
Type:Boolean
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance

-Name

The Name parameter specifies a unique name for the case hold rule. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance

-Policy

The Policy parameter specifies the case hold policy that contains the rule. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the policy. For example:

  • Name
  • Distinguished name (DN)
  • GUID
Type:PolicyIdParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance

-WhatIf

The WhatIf switch doesn't work in Security & Compliance PowerShell.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Security & Compliance