Advanced eDiscovery hold reports coming to public preview

Originally posted by Microsoft Dec 20, 2021 Microsoft 365 suite 0 Comments

Coming soon to public preview, hold reports in Advanced eDiscovery allows organizations to access built-in reports with information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft 365 compliance center.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 roadmap ID 88540.

When this will happen:

Rollout begins in mid-January and is expected to be complete by late January 2022.

How this will affect your organization:

You can access Hold reports (preview) in the Advanced eDiscovery solution within the Microsoft 365 compliance center. From the Hold reports (preview) tab, you can sort, filter, group by, and customize columns to customize your hold reports. You can also download reports for further analysis.

View image in new tabTo enable hold reports for your organization, go to Advanced eDiscovery > Advanced eDiscovery settings > Hold reports (preview).

View image in new tabYour first hold reports can take up to two days to complete. Once your reports are ready, go to Advanced eDiscovery > Hold reports (preview) to view your hold reports. Hold reports are updated once per day. The last updated time is shown at the top of the Hold reports (preview) page.

What you need to do to prepare:

Your organization must have the appropriate organization subscription for Advanced eDiscovery to generate and access hold reports.

To opt-in to generate hold reports for all eDiscovery cases in your organization, you must be an eDiscovery Administrator in your organization. Only eDiscovery Administrators in your organization can access hold reports.

Learn more about how to manage holds in Advanced eDiscovery.

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