I have been reading about the differences between Standard and Enterprise User CALs for Exchange 2013 and I understand most of it.  However, I am having a hard time understanding what I can and cannot do regarding retention policies.  Below is my interpretation of the difference. Can someone correct, confirm, or provide a good reference for me so that I can properly understand & explain the real differences in retention policies to management.

1.        Retention policies can only be used on the default folders of a mailbox. Those include the Inbox (root of inbox only and not folders inside inbox), Deleted, Sent, & Drafts folders only. Any non-default created folder inside of a mailbox cannot be assigned to a retention policy.
2.        Because Exchange 2013 In Place Archive is only an option for Enterprise CALs we cannot use Auto-archiving in the retention policies. We can only set the retention policies to delete the messages that meet the defined age requirement within only a portion of a persons mailbox.

Hi,

Standard CAL:   Default

Standard plus Enterprise CAL*: Custom

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/microsoft-exchange-server-licensing-licensing-overview-FX103746915.aspx

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I have already read through the link provided. I was rather disappointed that the described difference between the two licenses was "Default" and "custom".  Can someone relate what this means into real functionality? Will I be able to set a Retention policy on a Standard User CAL's mailbox that will cover the whole mailbox including folders created by the user inside the mailbox?

Hi w131jrd,

For more detailed information about the difference, I suggest we contact the Microsoft by the following link:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/

Please select Microsoft Customer Service - help for general inquiries.

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