Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-12
You can stop or restart an In-Place eDiscovery search at any time. For example, if you want to modify search properties such as keywords or mailboxes searched, you must first stop a search. You can then restart the search after making the required changes.
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| If you restart an In-Place eDiscovery search, search results copied to the Discovery mailbox specified in the search are removed. |
For additional management tasks related to In-Place eDiscovery, see In-Place eDiscovery Procedures.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete: 1 minute.
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
“In-Place eDiscovery” entry in Messaging Policy and
Compliance Permissions topic.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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| Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Visit the forums at: Exchange Server, Exchange Online, or Exchange Online Protection |
What do you want to do?
Use the EAC to start or stop an In-Place eDiscovery search
- Navigate to Compliance management > In-place
eDiscovery & hold.
- To stop a search that's in progress, select the search, and
then click Stop search.
- To start a search that was stopped, select the search, and then
click Resume search.
Use the Shell to start or stop an In-Place eDiscovery search
For an example of how to start an In-Place eDiscovery search, see Example 1 in Start-MailboxSearch.
For an example of how to stop an In-Place eDiscovery search, see Example 1 in Stop-MailboxSearch.