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Exchange 2010 SP1 Archive and Retention Policies

I want to setup the following polices

User Mailbox Policies: Anything over 1 year is automatically deleted. and users can delete as much as they want and the delete itmes is automatically emptied every day.

i created a jorunaling mailbox as well i want to keep all emails in journal mailbox for 5 years anything older automatically deleted. if that mailbox gets to big i want it to archive to an online archive box as well as remove the archive limits.
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you can establish managed folders to meet your needs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee364744.aspx
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i was looking at doing a retention policy for it specifically the archives of the journal mailbox as we need to hold items for 5 years.
you need to use extreme caution using retention policies with a journal mailbox
this mailbox will get extremely large over 1 year, i don't want to know what it would be like after 5

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297955.aspx
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Retention and archive. In using the online archive with enterprise cal
ok so you need to create a retention tag that will move to archive (adjust for 5 years):
New-RetentionPolicyTag "RPT Journal Archive" -Type All -Comment "Items without a retention tag are moved after 1 year." -RetentionEnabled $true -AgeLimitForRetention 365 -RetentionAction MoveToArchive

then create a retention policy that includes your tag:
New-RetentionPolicy "Journal Retention Policy" -RetentionPolicyTagLinks "RPT Journal Archive"

then assign the retention policy to the mailbox:
Set-Mailbox "Journal" -RetentionPolicy "Journal Retention Policy"
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thanks i will try that and let you know how it pans it, would you reccomend having them move before a year maybe 6 months or a year should be sufficient?
i would start with 6 months, checking the mailbox size periodically
the journal mailbox can grow rapidly
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ok do you know how to remove the archive box limits?
Should be available with the st-mailbox cmdlet

I can post later tonight
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thanks if you can i assume i need to remove the limits for the journal box and the archive box. because both will get very large.
U r correct
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ok if you can send me the command to remove limits for that mailbox that would be great
Set-Mailbox journal -IssueWarningQuota unlimited -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota unlimited -ProhibitSendQuota unlimited -ArchiveWarningQuota unlimited
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isnt there also an archivequota?
the archivewarningquota switch
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123981.aspx

there is also an archive quota switch, not sure if it is needed to make that arhcive box unlimited
if you go to the properties of the mailbox and the mailbox settings tab
you will see storage quotas and archive quota
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yea what do i enter in the boxes? does 0 make it unlimited?
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ok what is the difference between the personal folder type and all other folder types for the retention policy tag?
Personal tags are available to Outlook 2010 and Outlook Web App users as part of their retention policy. Users can apply personal tags to folders they create or to individual items, even if those items already have a different tag applied. Messages with a personal tag are always processed based on the personal tag's settings. Depending on the personal tags you create, users can apply a personal tag to a message so that it's moved or deleted sooner or later than the settings specified in the DPT or RPTs applied to that user's mailbox. You can also create personal tags with retention disabled to allow users to tag items that are never moved to archive or never expire.

In Exchange 2010 SP1, users can also select additional personal tags, which are not linked to their retention policy, from the Exchange Control Panel (ECP). The selected tags then become available to them in Outlook 2010 and Outlook Web App. To enable users to select additional tags from the ECP, you must add the MyRetentionPolicies Role to the user's role assignment policy.
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so the tags are not automatically applied?
yes, as an administrator you're not going to assign personal tags to folders, this is user-controlled
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ok just for clarification why do i need to create retention tag for the archive then? or since it is set to all folders it automatically applies? because now that i have the policy set for archives to move after 6 months to archives i want to create a policy to leave it for 5 years, 4 years 6 months in archives and after that for it to be deleted.
the retention tag on the mailbox tells the system to keep the messages for 6 months then move to the archive
you need to apply another policy to automatically remove from the archive after 5 years
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so create another retention tag with all folders that deletes after 5 years and add to that already created journal policy right?

this is my first time using the policies so just want to make sure i am doing it correct.
you got it!
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ok so in a sense if i wanted to create a new policy for users that automatically delete after 1 year i would create the retention tag and the retention policy and apply that new poicy to the user mailboxes correct?
yes, you just need to use either Delete And Allow Recovery or Permanently Delete
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perfect, one last thing if lets say i have the journaling to move to archive after 1 year, then i create a delete policy of 4 years that would equal my policy compliance issues of 5 years correct?
no, the second must be the expected value
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ok so i need to set it 1825 then for 5 years, to me it seems like it would keep all the journal mail for 6 years by doing that.
no, it goes by the received date, not modified
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ok perfect thanks for the clarification!
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one last thing am i able to remove all the default retention policy tags and retention policies?
yes, you can remove policies from a mailbox
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what i was reffering to is the default policies SP1 creates and default policy tags since i wont be using them. and can i apply a policy to all mailboxes at once? or a databasE?
i don't think you can remove the built in policies
yes
get-mailbox | set-mailbox