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
Roadmap › 473493
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies in Exchange
- General availability
- 2026-11
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- Added
- 08 Jan 2025
- Last modified
- 18 Jun 2026 23:00 UTC
- First archived
- 25 Aug 2026
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- General Availability
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- GCC, GCC High, DoD