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A retention category specifies the minimum amount of time for which an item must be retained. This length of time is the retention period.
By assigning a retention category to items at the time they are archived, it is possible to categorize stored items. This categorization makes it easier to retrieve items because it is possible to search by category.
Enterprise Vault supports Exchange 2007 managed folders. Enterprise Vault can synchronize the Exchange managed content settings for a managed folder to a managed retention category. A managed retention category is generated automatically. It has different properties from other retention categories. The only fields you can edit are its and , and the .
Unlike other retention categories, the retention period of a managed retention category is always based on the date when the item was last modified. For mail messages, the retention period is the time since the message was sent or received. For documents, it is the time since the document was last modified.
Enterprise Vault can automatically delete expired items.
See Expiry and Deletion.
. You can modify the retention category name as needed. The new name is used immediately, so users of the Web Access application must search using the new name to find items stored with this retention category.
. This is a description of the retention category. Make sure that the description you give here is meaningful to users.
. This is the minimum amount of time to retain an item that has been archived using this retention category.
. This is the last date and time when Exchange Managed Content Settings were synchronized to Enterprise Vault retention categories.
. This is the name of the Exchange Managed Folder whose Managed Content Settings were synchronized to this retention category.
. For your notes. Edit this text as necessary. This text is visible only to Enterprise Vault administrators.