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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies

Microsoft Purview will introduce Priority cleanup, a new feature allowing administrators to create recurring exceptions to delete items subject to retention policies or legal holds on Exchange. This requires a separate security role, multi-approver authorization, and maintains full audit trails.

Action required: Plan for implementation of Priority cleanup workflows; assign new security role and designate multiple approvers for legal hold/retention policy exceptions.

Key dates

  • 2024preview (Feature in development, expected Preview status)

Microsoft's description

The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail.

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