Exchange Retention Policy Setup

The below guide focuses on setting up exchange retention policies.

Connect to Exchange Online

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Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName youradmin@yourdomain.com

To find what retention policy is assigned to a specific mailbox in Exchange Online or Exchange Server, use the following PowerShell command:

Get-Mailbox -Identity user@domain.com | Select-Object Name,RetentionPolicy

Once you know the policy name (e.g., Default MRM Policy), you can list all the retention tags in that policy:

Get-RetentionPolicy -Identity "Default MRM Policy" | Select-Object Name,RetentionPolicyTagLinks

To enable archive mailboxes for a user:

Enable-Mailbox -Identity user@domain.com -Archive

To enable archive mailboxes for all users:

Get-Mailbox -Filter {ArchiveStatus -Eq 'None'} -ResultSize Unlimited | Enable-Mailbox -Archive

Archive mailbox provisioning may take a few minutes. You can verify with:

Get-Mailbox -Identity user@domain.com | Select Name,ArchiveStatus

Forcing Retention Policies:

Start-ManagedFolderAssistant -Identity user@domain.com