Creating and managing Retention Policies

Messaging Records Management (MRM) is used in Exchange 2010 and later versions to manage the e-mail lifecycle based on business, legal, and compliance requirements and for efficient storage management. Starting with Exchange 2010, retention tags and policies are introduced for MRM. Once you create a retention tag, you can apply it to an entire mailbox and default mailbox folders such as Inbox and Sent Items. You can also create personal tags that allow your users to apply them to individual items or folders using Outlook or Outlook Web App. Once the retention age is reached for a particular item, Managed Folder Assistant, which runs on mailbox servers, takes the action specified in the tag. For example, it can move the item to the Users In-Place archive or delete the message permanently.

Let's understand the different types of retention tags available and how they can be linked in a retention policy and applied to user mailboxes.

Retention tags can...