RM392838 - Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies

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Summary

The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail.

Last Updated

Jun 18, 2026

Published May 22, 2024

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In development

Release

General Availability
Preview

Platforms

Web

Service

Microsoft Purview

Tag

In development
General Availability
Preview
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail.

GA date: September CY2026

Preview date: February CY2025

Version history

2 versions tracked

Updated 1 time since Apr 16, 2026. Microsoft Message Center only ever shows the current version; this archive preserves the history.

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  1. Jun 18, 2026 · 11:00 PMLatest · v2

    Changed: Body

  2. Apr 16, 2026 · 11:15 PMOriginal · v1

    Changed: Initial version