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Place a Mailbox on Litigation Hold

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Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

A litigation hold preserves deleted mailbox items and records changes made to mailbox items. Deleted and changed items are returned in a discovery search.

Use the EMC to place a mailbox on litigation hold

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Litigation hold" entry in the Messaging Policy and Compliance Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailbox.

  2. In the result pane, select the mailbox you want to place on litigation hold.

  3. In the action pane, click Properties.

  4. In <Mailbox> Properties, on the Mailbox Settings tab, click Messaging Records Management, and then click Properties.

  5. In Messaging Records Management, complete the following fields:

    • Enable Litigation Hold   Select this check box to place the mailbox on litigation hold.

    • Messaging Records Management Description URL   Use this box to enter the location of a Web page or document that contains more information about the litigation hold or retention hold policies in your organization. The URL is displayed in the Backstage area of Microsoft Outlook 2010. This makes it easier for users to access linked Help documents, and may reduce calls to your Help desk or Legal department by answering common questions.

    • Comments   Use this box to enter the text that you want to be displayed to the mailbox user in the Backstage area of Outlook 2010.

Use the ECP to place a mailbox on litigation hold

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Litigation hold" entry in the Messaging Policy and Compliance Permissions topic.

For details about using the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) to place a mailbox on litigation hold, see Put a Mailbox on Litigation Hold.

Use the Shell to place a mailbox on litigation hold

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Litigation hold" entry in the Messaging Policy and Compliance Permissions topic.

This example places the mailbox joe@contoso.com on litigation hold.

Note

It may take up to an hour for the litigation hold to take effect.

Set-Mailbox joe@contoso.com -LitigationHoldEnabled $true

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-Mailbox.

Use the Shell to remove a mailbox from litigation hold

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Litigation hold" entry in the Messaging Policy and Compliance Permissions topic.

This example removes the mailbox joe@contoso.com from litigation hold.

Set-Mailbox joe@contoso.com -LitigationHoldEnabled $false

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-Mailbox.

Other Tasks

After you place a mailbox on litigation hold, you may also want to create a discovery search. For detailed steps, see Create a Discovery Search.

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