I have gone ahead and created a RetentionPolicy to remove items older than 60 days from the DeleteItems folder. I have assigned the new Policy to a few users that were migrated from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013. When I use the get-mailbox command,  I can see the new policy applied. However.... when I perform a get-RetentionPolicyTag -Mailbox "MovedMailbox" nothing returns. What am I missing here?

How can I confirm this policy is applying?

Thanks

• Edited by BTRowdy1 Monday, June 15, 2015 5:00 PM

Define "nothing returns"? Do you see all the other tags, or just empty output? You can try giving the MFA assistant a push via Start-ManagedFolderAssistant. Or check the last time the mailbox was processed (ELCLastSuccessTimestamp) via:

Export-MailboxDiagnosticLogs user -ExtendedProperties

Hi,

The Mailbox parameter isn't available in this release.

Refer from:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd298009(v=exchg.150).aspx

If you can see the new policy applied under the get-mailbox command, then this policy has been applied. You may consider to login on of these mailbox to confirm.

Best Regards.

Just an empty output... for the tad items applied to the mailbox.

I can see a timestamp in the output you requested.

<Name>ELCLastSuccessTimestamp</Name>
<Value>6/22/2015 7:12:48 AM</Value>

I still don't see any items being purged from the mailbox.

I have run the following to provide the output.

Get-Mailbox movedmailbox |Select RetentionPolicy
Get-RetentionPolicy "My Company Retention Policy"
Get-RetentionPolicyTag "MyCompany_DeletedItems_60Days" 

RetentionPolicy                                                                                                       
---------------                                                                                                       
My Company Retention Policy                                                                                         

 RunspaceId                  : 13d724ab-f180-4f5c-a6d5-db3a2622a8bd
RetentionId                 : 4c709b2d-a972-42ba-9b76-0c3f55c880b4
RetentionPolicyTagLinks     : {MyCompany_DeletedItems_60Days}
IsDefault                   : False
IsDefaultArbitrationMailbox : False
AdminDisplayName            :
ExchangeVersion             : 1.0 (14.0.100.0)
Name                        : My Company Retention Policy
DistinguishedName           : CN=My Company Retention Policy,CN=Retention Policies
                              Container,CN=MyCompany,CN=Microsoft
                              Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MyCompany,DC=local
Identity                    : My Company Retention Policy
Guid                        : 4c709b2d-a972-42ba-9b76-0c3f55c880b4
ObjectCategory              : MyCompany.local/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Mailbox-Recipient-Template
ObjectClass                 : {top, msExchRecipientTemplate, msExchMailboxRecipientTemplate}
WhenChanged                 : 4/21/2015 5:11:56 AM
WhenCreated                 : 4/21/2015 5:11:35 AM
WhenChangedUTC              : 4/21/2015 11:11:56 AM
WhenCreatedUTC              : 4/21/2015 11:11:35 AM
OrganizationId              :
Id                          : My Company Retention Policy
OriginatingServer           : PP-CAL-DC04.MyCompany.local
IsValid                     : True
ObjectState                 : Unchanged

 

 runspaceId                            : 13d724ab-f180-4f5c-a6d5-db3a2622a8bd
MessageClassDisplayName               : All Mailbox Content
MessageClass                          : *
Description                           : Managed Content Settings
RetentionEnabled                      : True
RetentionAction                       : DeleteAndAllowRecovery
AgeLimitForRetention                  : 60.00:00:00
MoveToDestinationFolder               :
TriggerForRetention                   : WhenDelivered
MessageFormatForJournaling            : UseTnef
JournalingEnabled                     : False
AddressForJournaling                  :
LabelForJournaling                    :
Type                                  : DeletedItems
IsDefaultAutoGroupPolicyTag           : False
IsDefaultModeratedRecipientsPolicyTag : False
SystemTag                             : False
LocalizedRetentionPolicyTagName       : {}
Comment                               : MyCompany Deleted Items Policy
RetentionId                           : 20cae48f-78b2-4da5-a9ac-f8411936f284
LocalizedComment                      : {}
MustDisplayCommentEnabled             : False
LegacyManagedFolder                   :
AdminDisplayName                      :
ExchangeVersion                       : 1.0 (14.0.100.0)
Name                                  : MyCompany_DeletedItems_60Days
DistinguishedName                     : CN=MyCompany_DeletedItems_60Days,CN=Retention Policy Tag
                                        Container,CN=MyCompany,CN=Microsoft
                                        Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=MyCompany,DC=local
Identity                              : MyCompany_DeletedItems_60Days
Guid                                  : 20cae48f-78b2-4da5-a9ac-f8411936f284
ObjectCategory                        : MyCompany.local/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-ELC-Folder
ObjectClass                           : {top, msExchELCFolder}
WhenChanged                           : 4/21/2015 5:10:49 AM
WhenCreated                           : 4/21/2015 5:10:30 AM
WhenChangedUTC                        : 4/21/2015 11:10:49 AM
WhenCreatedUTC                        : 4/21/2015 11:10:30 AM
OrganizationId                        :
Id                                    : MyCompany_DeletedItems_60Days
OriginatingServer                     : DC04.MyCompany.local
IsValid                               : True
ObjectState                           : Unchanged

• Edited by BTRowdy1 17 hours 0 minutes ago

I logged into the mailbox and still notice deleted items dating many months back.

So it seems the mailbox is indeed processed by the MFA, and it *should* delete items. Follow the steps in this article to see if you can find anything funny via MFCMAPI: http://blogs.technet.com/b/anya/archive/2014/11/20/understanding-of-managed-folder-assistant-with-retention-policies.aspx

Check the IPM.Configuration.MRM item, the PR_ROAMING_XMLSTREAM data in it, and the actual tag stamped on the Deleted items folder.

• Marked as answer by BTRowdy1 15 hours 48 minutes ago

The Blog helped thanks.

I used MFCMAPI and can see items being flagged with the new PR_Retention_Date. It's just 60 days from when I enabled the Retention Policy. I guess people will just have to wait some more time. I didn't realise the managed folder assistant was being replaced by Policy otherwise I would have looked into this right after moving to Exchange 2013.  

Thanks for your help!