Skip to main content
🦉
Message CenterMicrosoft 365 Updates
HomePermissionsTenant FinderPortfolio
🦉
M365 Message Centerby Cengiz YILMAZ

Track the latest updates, features, and announcements for Microsoft 365 services. Comprehensive archive of service updates and important changes.

Quick Links

HomePermissionsTenant FinderPortfolio

Connect

© 2026 M365 Message Center. Created with ❤️ by Cengiz YILMAZ

Data sourced from Microsoft 365 Message Center • Not affiliated with Microsoft

  1. Home
  2. /
  3. MC1129711

Microsoft Purview | ​Retirement of the classic eDiscovery (Premium) experience

Plan for Change
Major Change

Message ID

MC1129711
View in Admin Center

Services

Microsoft Purview

Summary

The classic eDiscovery (Premium) experience in Microsoft Purview will retire on August 31, 2025, replaced by the unified Cases section. Users must transition to the new eDiscovery experience to avoid disruption, update documentation, and prepare for enhanced capabilities.

Details

The following features/ experiences will be retired from the Microsoft Purview portal starting August 31, 2025. We strongly recommend transitioning to the alternative management method outlined below.

The Premium Cases experience in the classic eDiscovery section of the Microsoft Purview portal will be retired and replaced by Cases in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery. All your existing eDiscovery (premium) cases in the classic eDiscovery experience will be managed in the Cases section in the left-navigation.

We strongly encourage you to begin planning your transition to help ensure a smooth migration and minimal disruption to your current processes. These changes are part of our ongoing commitment to delivering a secure and intuitive user experience to you and your organization.

How this will affect your organization:

You are receiving this message because one or more users in your organization are using these eDiscovery features.

After the retirement of these features, users won’t be able to use the classic eDiscovery (Premium) experience to manage cases.

What you need to do to prepare:

This update will start on August 31, 2025. Please notify your users about these changes, update relevant documentation or guidance in your organization, and familiarize your teams with the upcoming changes and enhanced capabilities of the new unified eDiscovery experience in the Microsoft Purview Portal.

To learn more about the new eDiscovery experience in the Microsoft Purview portal, see Learn about eDiscovery solutions. 

Timeline

📅
Published
Aug 5, 2025
Message published to Message Center
✏️
Updated
Aug 6, 2025
Message content updated
🏁
End Date
Oct 31, 2025
Message timeline ends

Tags

#User impact#Admin impact#Retirement

Category

📋Plan for Change

Related Messages

Similar updates

MC1217649●

Endpoint DLP-sensitive data alerting retiring in Defender; use Purview DLP

Jan 14, 2026
MC1055528●

Microsoft Purview | Retiring Classic Content Search, Classic eDiscovery (Standard) Cases, Export PowerShell Parameters

Apr 14, 2025
MC1122146

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Collection Policies: Scope classifiers and activity

Jul 25, 2025
MC1151234

Microsoft Purview DLP and Edge for Business: Automated blocking of unmanaged GenAI apps in unprotected browsers

Sep 10, 2025
MC1143996

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Upcoming Change to DLP Alert Settings

Aug 29, 2025