A short notes on different types of Hold available in Exchange Server 2010/2013
In-Place hold
Enabling the In-Place Hold accomplish the following goals
Retention hold
Retention hold is the option to retain the emails in a mailbox using the Message Records Management feature, MRM allows to perform a do not move or delete items from a mailbox. This works based on the Retention Policy.
Litigation Hold
Legal hold is used to preserve mailbox items for e-discovery during legal investigations. The Goal is to preserve mailbox items from inadvertent or purposefull modification or deletion by the mailbox owner or any user with mailbox access and also prevent from automated deletion by MRM.
In-Place hold
Enabling the In-Place Hold accomplish the following goals
- Place user mailboxes on hold and preserve mailbox items immutably
- Preserve mailbox items deleted by users or automatic deletion processes such as MRM
- Use query-based In-Place Hold to search for and retain items matching specified criteria
- Preserve items indefinitely or for a specific duration
- Place a user on multiple holds for different cases or investigations
- Keep In-Place Hold transparent from the user by not having to suspend MRM
- Enable In-Place eDiscovery searches of items placed on hold
Retention hold
Retention hold is the option to retain the emails in a mailbox using the Message Records Management feature, MRM allows to perform a do not move or delete items from a mailbox. This works based on the Retention Policy.
Litigation Hold
Legal hold is used to preserve mailbox items for e-discovery during legal investigations. The Goal is to preserve mailbox items from inadvertent or purposefull modification or deletion by the mailbox owner or any user with mailbox access and also prevent from automated deletion by MRM.
