I need to delete some emails from Exchange that are IRM (Information Rights Management) protected. Normally, for unprotected emails I can run a PowerShell script to search via various switches and delete what I need to. I've found that if the email has IRM protection I can't even find it.

Do I need specific permissions? Anybody run into this? Is this even possible?

TIA

HI,

Please use the following command to check the IRM configuration.

Get-IRMConfiguration

If the SearchEnabled parameter is set to $false, IRM-protected messages will not be returned in search resultswhen users search their mailbox or when discovery managers use In-Place eDiscovery.

If the EDiscoverySuperUserEnabled parameter is set to $false, members of the Discovery Management role group will have no access to IRM-protected messages.

Refer from

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg588319(v=exchg.150).aspx

Best Regards.

Thank Lynn-Li, I will test but I believe this will resolve our issue.

-RR