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

Summary

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.

Status
In development
General availability target
Oct 2026
Preview target
Feb 2025
Products
Microsoft Purview
Clouds
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
Release phases
General Availability, Preview
Platforms
Web
Added to the roadmap
22 May 2024
Last changed
8 Sep 2026 · 19d ago
recently changed
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