Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies in Exchange Beta
Data as of 4 hours ago (26 October 2026)
Status
In development
Release month
November 2026
Release ring
General Availability
Products
Microsoft Purview
Cloud instances
DoDGCCGCC High
Platforms
Web
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
Change history
Added to the roadmap 8 January 2025. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: November 2026 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
Nothing has changed on this item since tracking began on 1 September 2026. Changes appear here as Microsoft updates the feed.