Retention Policy in Microsoft Exchange Online: What Happens When You Remove a Tag from a Policy

What occurs when you remove a tag from a policy in Microsoft Exchange Online?

Question

In Microsoft Exchange Online, you have a retention policy named Policy1 that applies a retention tag named Tag1

You plan to remove Tag1 from Policy1

What will occur when you remove the tag from Policy1?

Answers

Explanations

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A. B. C.

A.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/security-and-compliance/messaging-records-management/retention-tags-and-policies#removing-or-deleting-a-

In Microsoft Exchange Online, retention policies are used to manage and control the lifecycle of email messages and other types of content in an organization. Retention tags are used within these policies to specify the retention settings for specific types of content, such as email messages or folders.

When a retention tag is applied to a retention policy, it specifies the retention period and action to be taken on the content. For example, a retention tag might specify that email messages should be retained for 2 years and then deleted.

If you plan to remove a retention tag from a retention policy, it's important to understand what will happen to the content that was previously tagged with that tag. In this scenario, you have a retention policy named Policy1 that applies a retention tag named Tag1, and you plan to remove Tag1 from Policy1.

The correct answer to the question is B. When you remove Tag1 from Policy1, Tag1 will be removed if Policy1 applied the tag to the content. This means that any content that was previously tagged with Tag1 will no longer have that tag applied to it. The retention settings for that content will be determined by any other retention tags or policies that are still applied.

Option A is incorrect because the Managed Folder Assistant (MFA) will not process Tag1 once it has been removed from Policy1. The MFA is responsible for applying retention settings to content based on retention tags and policies, but it will only apply tags that are currently included in active policies.

Option C is also incorrect because the content will not remain tagged after Tag1 has been removed from Policy1. While the content may still have other retention tags or policies applied to it, Tag1 will no longer be one of them.