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Why is MFA not moving archiving or deleting expired contents from the mailbox.?
When retention policy stops working, the common questions asked are; • How do I know if retention...
Author: Wekas Date: 05/12/2017
Why does my Outlook OST resync when policy is changed ?
Every retention tag has a tag name, retention age and retention action ,each tag also has a unique...
Author: Wekas Date: 02/17/2017
Prevent Notes, Calendar and Tasks from getting archived by using EWS script.
When you have a Default Policy tag (DPT) with move to archive in the policy, since by definition...
Author: Wekas Date: 08/08/2015
Notes getting archived by Default Policy tag !!
Default Policy tag (DPT) by definition processes all the folders in the mailbox. Default Policy tag...
Author: Wekas Date: 01/29/2015
Exchange 2010 : Retention policy information in Outlook and OWA
When messages are process and tagged by Retention Policy.The tag information along with the expiry...
Author: Wekas Date: 07/08/2014
Voice Mails and Retention Policies
In this post,we will discuss how Voice mail messages are processed with MRM 1.0 and MRM 2.0. Managed...
Author: Wekas Date: 04/11/2014
Items continue to process even after retention policy is removed.
When an email is processed by retention tag,it does stamp couple of properties on the folders as...
Author: Wekas Date: 02/17/2014
Misleading Disabled Tags behaviour
Recently worked on case where disabled tag was applied to Inbox folder. Emails in the Inbox when...
Author: Wekas Date: 02/16/2014
Retention tags on Deleted items folder.
When Retention tag is applied to Deleted items folder.you would see a different behavior in which...
Author: Wekas Date: 12/13/2013
Different ways in which Personal tag can be published.
Below are different ways in which Personal tags can be made available to users. 1) Adding Personal...
Author: Wekas Date: 12/12/2013
Supported mailbox folder's for Retention tags.
Below is the list of default folders in the mailbox on which Retention tags can be applied. Support...
Author: Wekas Date: 12/11/2013
Can I block subfolders from being processed by retention tags ?
In Exchange 2007 ,we can use the Content setting for Entire Mailbox folder to process all the...
Author: Wekas Date: 12/03/2013
Applying Personal tag to Folder’s using EWS Script.
If you are facing the issue documented in the below blog ,where Notes folder is being processed by...
Author: Wekas Date: 09/30/2013
Retention policy behavior when messages are moved between folders.
Below are some examples to explain the behavior of retention policy when messages are moved between...
Author: Wekas Date: 08/29/2013
Should I implement Managed Folder Policy or Retention Policy ?
This is common question asked whether I should implement Managed Folder’s (MRM 1.0) or...
Author: Wekas Date: 07/30/2013
Removing Managed Custom folders.
When you publish custom folders ,they are read-only folders ie these folders cannot be...
Author: Wekas Date: 07/03/2013
Retention policy on Archive mailbox ?
You cannot have a different retention policy for primary and archive mailbox. The policy applied to...
Author: Wekas Date: 07/03/2013
DPT with move to archive action takes precedence over RPT.
Default Policy tag (DPT) with Move to Archive action always overwrites the Retention Policy tag...
Author: Wekas Date: 07/03/2013
Retention policy is not working .Outlook shows Item is expired !!
Outlook shows that the item is already expired and Retention policy seems not deleting these...
Author: Wekas Date: 06/06/2013
Retention policy on Calendar and Task folders. Confused ?
Beginning with Exchange 2010 SP2 RU4, administrators can create tags use with the Calendar and Tasks...
Author: Wekas Date: 03/14/2013