We are running Exchange 2010 recently migrated from Exchange 2010 SP1. Does anyone know of a way to setup a retention policy using the retention policy and tags in SP1 that does not get inherited by subfolders created by folders, ie. subfolders in the inbox. It was something we were able to do in Exchange 2003. We would prefer not to use managed folders.

Hi, I hope this article will help you. http://www.shudnow.net/2010/04/08/exchange-2010-sp1-retention-policies/ Thanks.

Hi, Per my knowledge, the retention policy tag is the default tag, and it will affect all subfolders and subitems within the folder such as Inbox, Calendar, Deleted Items, etc. But user can apply Personal tags to the folders they create. Please note: the Personal tags are available in Outlook 2010 and Outlook Web App For detailed, please refer to the information below. Understanding Retention Tags and Retention Policies: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297955.aspx Understanding Personal Archives: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979795.aspx Best regards, Serena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serena Li TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Serena and MYousufAli, Thank you for the answer(s). We actually have tested the new retention policies. Unfortunately, Microsoft has moved towards enabling the user or should I say giving the user the responsibilty to modify what happens to their own mail. To get a user to do anything is almost impossible. The scenario we are trying to resolve is sort of like blocking inheritance from the parent, but there doesn't seem to be a way. Does anyone know if there is a way to do that with the new retention policies. I assume if it is possible, it would need to be done via powershell. I would hate to use an incident only to find out its not possible. If it isn't possible does anyone have an alternative solution in Exchange 2010 SP1.

The only way to block inheritance of a retention tag or the default policy tag is to have the user apply a personal tag to a folder/sub-folder or individual messages. I'm guessing the reason to block inheritance for a sub-folder is to allow messages in the sub-folder to be kept for longer/short period than the parent folder or the default policy tag for the mailbox. If so, it would require users to move messages to that sub-folder. User participation is an important part of Messaging Records Management. Only users can make decisions about which messages need to be deleted or retained for longer/shorter period. Bharat Suneja Microsoft Corporation blog: Exchangepedia.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. ----------------------------

Hello Bharat, We have blocked the inheritance on a sub-folder to allow the messages to stay longer than the parent folder. But, after couple of days, the sub-folder policy defaults back to parent folder causing the messages to be deleted. Any idea what is causing the issue? We are using Exch2010 SP1 RollUp update 3v3. Thanks.