You can no longer delegate folder-level permissions to a shared mailbox

In what looks like another attempt to curtail unsanctioned use of shared mailboxes in Exchange Online, Microsoft has begun blocking the ability to grant folder-level permissions to shared mailbox principals via PowerShell. As a side effect, you will no longer be able to use the Add-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet to designate a …

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Priority cleanup enables removal of items on hold from Microsoft 365 mailboxes (part 3)

In this series, we explore the latest feature in Microsoft’s compliance arsenal, Priority cleanup. The feature is indented to address scenarios where you need to permanently remove items from Exchange Online mailboxes, even when they are put on hold. Compared to the available alternatives, Priority cleanup offers faster, safer and more structured experience, all while ensuring that items marked as records are still preserved.
The last article in the series focuses on monitoring, audit trail and some additional remarks. …

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Priority cleanup enables removal of items on hold from Microsoft 365 mailboxes (part 2)

In this series, we explore the latest feature in Microsoft’s compliance arsenal, Priority cleanup. The feature is indented to address scenarios where you need to permanently remove items from Exchange Online mailboxes, even when they are put on hold. Compared to the available alternatives, Priority cleanup offers faster, safer and more structured experience, all while ensuring that items marked as records are still preserved.
The second article in the series focuses on the “backend” details and the reviewer experience. …

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Priority cleanup enables removal of items on hold from Microsoft 365 mailboxes (part 1)

In this series, we explore the latest feature in Microsoft’s compliance arsenal, Priority cleanup. The feature is indented to address scenarios where you need to permanently remove items from Exchange Online mailboxes, even when they are put on hold. Compared to the available alternatives, Priority cleanup offers faster, safer and more structured experience, all while ensuring that items marked as records are still preserved.
In this first article of the series, we will introduce the feature and walk you over the Priority cleanup creation process. …

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Microsoft (unintentionally?) exposes inactive mailboxes content via the EWS API

In what seems like an “accidental feature release”, we can now leverage the EWS API methods to directly access content stored within inactive mailboxes in Exchange Online. I’d wager this to be a bug, but until we get some sort of official confirmation from Microsoft, all bets are off. Either way, I believe it is important for Microsoft 365 customers to known about this change in behavior, hence this short article. …

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