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Archiving Deleted Items Folder with Enterprise Vault

Rob_Wilcox1
Level 6
Partner

 

Should I archive my deleted items?

It's an odd-question, but one that should perhaps be asked when it comes to determining your archiving policy with Enterprise Vault archiving for Exchange. Until just recently the Deleted Items folder wasn't processed, but now, as you can see below, there is an option to include it:

 

 

In the dim and distant past I have seen some people who file things in their deleted items folder - odd but true.

So take a look at your environment and decide whether you should be looking at archiving your users deleted items folder, or not!

NOTE: I will post a download soon which will scan an entire Exchange Server to count the items, and report the size of the deleted items folder (which might help with your decision making)