Priority cleanup enables removal of items on hold from Microsoft 365 mailboxes (part 2)

In this series, we explore the latest feature in Microsoft’s compliance arsenal, Priority cleanup. The feature is indented to address scenarios where you need to permanently remove items from Exchange Online mailboxes, even when they are put on hold. Compared to the available alternatives, Priority cleanup offers faster, safer and more structured experience, all while ensuring that items marked as records are still preserved.
The second article in the series focuses on the “backend” details and the reviewer experience. …

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Priority cleanup enables removal of items on hold from Microsoft 365 mailboxes (part 1)

In this series, we explore the latest feature in Microsoft’s compliance arsenal, Priority cleanup. The feature is indented to address scenarios where you need to permanently remove items from Exchange Online mailboxes, even when they are put on hold. Compared to the available alternatives, Priority cleanup offers faster, safer and more structured experience, all while ensuring that items marked as records are still preserved.
In this first article of the series, we will introduce the feature and walk you over the Priority cleanup creation process. …

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Reporting on group membership for Entra ID devices (including assigned licenses)

In this article we explore the methods available to report on group membership for device objects within Entra ID. One of the scenarios where this is important is for device-based licensing for Microsoft 365 Enterprise apps. As neither the Entra ID portal nor Microsoft 365 Admin Center do a good job at that, we instead leverage the Graph API and Graph SDK for PowerShell, and provide sample scripts for both. …

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Reporting on unlicensed OneDrive (for Business) accounts in Microsoft 365

Last year, Microsoft announced plans to start charging tenants for data stored in unlicensed OneDrives, that is drives that belong to unlicensed Microsoft 365 users. Unlike Exchange Online, where inactive mailboxes provide you with essentially free retention for the duration of any hold/policies assigned to the user, the functionality to …

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