How to check mailbox retention policy with powershell

Question

Hi,
I have configured a new retention policy in O365 and applied it to user mailboxes. I wanted to be able to use Powershell to list the retention policy for each user to make sure I did not miss any.

Not having fun with powershell - what modules would I need to install and what would the commandlet be to run to show the retention policy on each mailbox. I don't use powershell a lot and each article I look up seems to take me down a dead end.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,

Q&A currently supports the products listed over here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products (more to be added later on).

For Exchange Online you can use the following PowerShell modules:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-online-powershell-v2?view=exchange-ps

For an Exchange Server hosted in Azure, you can use the following PowerShell module:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/exchange/exchange-management-shell?view=exchange-ps

You can also reach out to more experts in the dedicated Office 365 forum over here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_o365Admin

(Please don't forget to accept helpful replies as answer)

Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

Something here may help.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/get-retentionpolicy?view=exchange-ps

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/get-retentioncompliancepolicy?view=exchange-ps

--please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

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Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

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