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2.I have MRM Retention Policies and MRM Retention Tags set up under Data Lifecycle Management in the Microsoft Purview portal (https://compliance.microsoft.com). Currently, I have a default MRM policy for regular mailboxes, which applies a 6-month retention period to all default mailbox folders. For user-created personal folders, users can choose from available retention tags, such as 1 year, 2 years, etc.
I would like to apply the same policy to Office 365 unified group mailboxes. Will the existing policy automatically apply to Office 365 unified group mailboxes, or do I need to create a separate retention policy? Please advise.
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the Policy would need to be applied specifically to group mailboxes.
You can create a new one policy or add the location to the existing one.
Hello, @Roger Roger,
Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A platform!
For your first question, you can use the Microsoft Purview portal. Here are the steps:
Regarding your second question, Andy David is right, existing MRM retention policies and MRM retention labels set up for regular mailboxes are not automatically applied to Office 365 Unified Group mailboxes. You need to create a separate retention policy for Unified Group mailboxes. Here are the steps to do so:
For detailed steps and information, you can refer to Microsoft's documentation on configuring retention policies for Microsoft 365 groups: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/retention-settings.
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Hello, @Roger Roger,
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Hello, @Roger Roger,
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Hello, @Roger Roger,
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