Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2
Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23
You can add retention tags to a retention policy when the policy is created or any time thereafter. For details about how to create a retention policy, including how to simultaneously add retention tags, see Create a Retention Policy.
A retention policy can contain the following retention tags:
- One or more retention policy tags (RPTs) for supported default
folders
- One default policy tag (DPT) with the Move to Archive
action.
- One DPT with the Delete and Allow Recovery or the
Permanently Delete action
- One DPT for voice mail
- Any number of personal tags
 Note: |
|---|
| Retention tags aren't applied to a mailbox until they're linked to a retention policy and the Managed Folder Assistant processes the mailbox. To learn more about the Managed Folder Assistant, see Configure the Managed Folder Assistant. |
Looking for other management tasks related to messaging records management (MRM)? Check out Deploying Messaging Records Management.
Use the EMC to add retention tags to or remove retention tags from a retention policy
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Messaging records management" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.
- In the console tree, navigate to Organization
Configuration > Mailbox.
- In the result pane, on the Retention Policies tab,
select the retention policy to which you want to add retention
tags.
- In the action pane, click Properties.
- In <Retention policy name> Properties, on the
General tab, use the following settings:
- Add Click this button to add a
retention tag to the policy.
Select a tag from the list, and
then click this button to remove the tag from the policy.
- Add Click this button to add a
retention tag to the policy.
Use the Shell to add retention tags to or remove retention tags from a retention policy
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Messaging records management" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.
This example adds the retention tags VPs-Default, VPs-Inbox, and VPs-DeletedItems to the retention policy RetPolicy-VPs, which doesn't already have retention tags linked to it.
 Caution: |
|---|
| If the policy has retention tags linked to it, this command replaces the existing tags. |
 Copy Code |
|
|---|---|
Set-RetentionPolicy -Identity "RetPolicy-VPs" -RetentionPolicyTagLinks "VPs-Default","VPs-Inbox","VPs-DeletedItems" |
|
This example adds the retention tag VPs-DeletedItems to the retention policy RetPolicy-VPs, which already has other retention tags linked to it.
| Copy Code |
|
|---|---|
$TagList = (Get-RetentionPolicy "RetPolicy-VPs").RetentionPolicyTagLinks $TagList.Add((Get-RetentionPolicyTag 'VPs-DeletedItems').DistinguishedName) Set-RetentionPolicy "RetPolicy-VPs" -RetentionPolicyTagLinks $TagList |
|
This example removes the retention tag VPs-Inbox from the retention policy RetPolicy-VPs.
| Copy Code |
|
|---|---|
$TagList = (Get-RetentionPolicy "RetPolicy-VPs").RetentionPolicyTagLinks $TagList.Remove((Get-RetentionPolicyTag 'VPs-Inbox').DistinguishedName) Set-RetentionPolicy "RetPolicy-VPs" -RetentionPolicyTagLinks $TagList |
|
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see the following topics:
Other Tasks
After you link retention tags to a retention policy, you may also want to: