Hello We are running Exchange 2007 SP1. We created Policies for some of the Managed Default Folders: Entire Mailbox: "Entire Mailbox Policy1" (365 days retension) Inbox: "Inbox Policy1" (180 days retension) And then created a Managed Folder Mailbox policy named POLICY1. I applied Policy1 to all London Exchange mailboxes. Another department has now created another Policy, within Managed Default Folders, for the Entire Mailbox of 90 days retention named Entire Mailbox Policy2. Question: Will this also apply to all London mailboxes? If I go to Managed Folder Mailbox Policies > POLICY1 > Properties Then I can see the Managed Folders there, but can't see how to choose which Managed Default Folder policies I actually want to use? Hope this makes sense.

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:17:12 +0000, Sheen1990 wrote: > > >Hello > >We are running Exchange 2007 SP1. > >We created Policies for some of the Managed Default Folders: > >Entire Mailbox: "Entire Mailbox Policy1" (365 days retension) > > Inbox: "Inbox Policy1" (180 days retension) > >And then created a Managed Folder Mailbox policy named POLICY1. > >I applied Policy1 to all London Exchange mailboxes. Another department has now created another Policy, within Managed Default Folders, for the Entire Mailbox of 90 days retention named Entire Mailbox Policy2. > >Question: Will this also apply to all London mailboxes? If I go to Managed Folder Mailbox Policies > POLICY1 > Properties Then I can see the Managed Folders there, but can't see how to choose which Managed Default Folder policies I actually want to use? You can have multiple folders in the "Managed Default Folder" list that apply to "Entire Mailbox" but they each must have a different name. So, "Entire Mailbox - 365 Days" could be one managed default folder and "Entire Mailbox - 90 Days" could be another managed default folder. The two policies would include the appropriate managed default folder and the appropriate policy can then be applied to mailboxes as needed. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

>You can have multiple folders in the "Managed Default Folder" list >that apply to "Entire Mailbox" but they each must have a different >name. >So, "Entire Mailbox - 365 Days" could be one managed default folder >and "Entire Mailbox - 90 Days" could be another managed default >folder. The two policies would include the appropriate managed default >folder and the appropriate policy can then be applied to mailboxes as >needed. Thanks Rich. You are saying we will need to create different Managed Default Folders. Out of interest, what would happen if there are different Managed Content Settings to the same Managed Default Folder? Which Managed Content Setting would be applied to the mailbox if there was a conflict, e.g. one setting's retention was 365 days and the other's was 90 days? I am curious to know which setting is applied in two different scenarios: 1. Two Managed Content Settings were created at the same time for the same Managed Default Folder, and that Folder was part of a Managed Folder policy that was applied to all mailboxes? 2. One Managed Content setting was created for a Managed Default Folder which was part of a Managed Folder Policy that was applied to all mailboxes. A few weeks later, another Managed Content Setting was added to the same Managed Default Folder and there was a conflict between the Content settings. Thanks so much again, I really appreciate your help.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:43:37 +0000, Sheen1990 wrote: >>You can have multiple folders in the "Managed Default Folder" list >that apply to "Entire Mailbox" but they each must have a different >name. >So, "Entire Mailbox - 365 Days" could be one managed default folder >and "Entire Mailbox - 90 Days" could be another managed default >folder. The two policies would include the appropriate managed default >folder and the appropriate policy can then be applied to mailboxes as >needed. > >Thanks Rich. > >You are saying we will need to create different Managed Default Folders. Yes, if the desired content settings are diferent. >Out of interest, what would happen if there are different Managed Content Settings to the same Managed Default Folder? That's possible if you want different things to happen to different types of flder content. >Which Managed Content Setting would be applied to the mailbox if there was a conflict, e.g. one setting's retention was 365 days and the other's was 90 days? You can't create another content setting for the same content type within the same managed folder. >I am curious to know which setting is applied in two different scenarios: > >1. Two Managed Content Settings were created at the same time for the same Managed Default Folder, and that Folder was part of a Managed Folder policy that was applied to all mailboxes? Provided they apply to different content types there's no coflict and they both apply to the same managed folder. If they apply to the sam content type you'd be prevented from creating the 2nd managed content item. So it's possible to have, within the same managed folder, a managed content type that deleted faxes after 5 days and another that deleted e-mail after 30 days. It's not possible, within the same managed folder, to have two managed content types that both applied to, say, e-mail. >2. One Managed Content setting was created for a Managed Default Folder which was part of a Managed Folder Policy that was applied to all mailboxes. A few weeks later, another Managed Content Setting was added to the same Managed Default Folder and there was a conflict between the Content settings. I guess you'll have to define "conflict". When I used it above it means that the conflicting item is not created. In yours, I think you might mean something different. Since it's possible to have multiple managed content settings that each apply to a unique type of content those two that you refer to, I suspect, manage different things. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Thanks again Rich. For the example scenarios below: 1. Two Managed Content Settings were created at the same time for the same Managed Default Folder, and that Folder was part of a Managed Folder policy that was applied to all mailboxes? 2. One Managed Content setting was created for a Managed Default Folder which was part of a Managed Folder Policy that was applied to all mailboxes. A few weeks later, another Managed Content Setting was added to the same Managed Default Folder and there was a conflict between the Content settings. How about if one Managed Content Setting with the Entire Mailbox Managed Default Folder applied to "All Mailbox Content", and the second Managed Content Setting for the same Managed Default Folder (Entire Mailbox) applied to "Email". So, ultimately, we have different retention settings for email don't we? Thanks again!

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:20:21 +0000, Sheen1990 wrote: > > >Thanks again Rich. > >For the example scenarios below: > >1. Two Managed Content Settings were created at the same time for the same Managed Default Folder, and that Folder was part of a Managed Folder policy that was applied to all mailboxes? >2. One Managed Content setting was created for a Managed Default Folder which was part of a Managed Folder Policy that was applied to all mailboxes. A few weeks later, another Managed Content Setting was added to the same Managed Default Folder and there was a conflict between the Content settings. > >How about if one Managed Content Setting with the Entire Mailbox Managed Default Folder applied to "All Mailbox Content", and the second Managed Content Setting for the same Managed Default Folder (Entire Mailbox) applied to "Email". So, ultimately, we have different retention settings for email don't we? You do. Since both managed content setting will be applied the one with the shortest retension period is going to be the one that looks like it's working although both are doing something. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP