Updated March 17, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This new feature enables data governance administrators to expedite the permanent deletion of sensitive content from Microsoft Exchange mailboxes, overriding any existing retention settings or eDiscovery holds. This process may be required for security or privacy, such as after a data spillage incident or for compliance and regulatory requirements.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392838.