Hi I've got problem with setup ManagedFolderAssistant in exchange 2010 SP2. I've created Retention Policy Tags, Retention policy, define mailbox for this policy but it doesn't work. For example: all e-mails in "Sent items" folder should be deleted after 30 days. I use command: Set-MailboxServer -Identity Adara -ManagedFolderAssistantSchedule "Monday.01:00 AM-Monday.05:00 AM","Tuesday.01:00 AM-Tuesday.05:00 AM","Wednesday.01:00 AM-Wednesday.05:00 AM","Thursday.01:00 AM-Thursday.05:00 AM","Friday.01:00 AM-Friday.05:00 AM" Set-MailboxServer -Identity Adara -ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint 3.00:00:00 -ManagedFolderWorkCycle 5.00:00:00 but It doesn't work. All e-mail old than 30 days still are in folder Sent items. I have to run "Start-ManagedFolderAssistant -Identity MyEmailBox@xxxx" manually to run my policy tags and Retention policy. So does anybody know how to setup this "Managed Folder Assistant" properlly? How to exactly setup ManagedFolderAssistantSchedule, ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint, ManagedFolderWorkCycle? Kind Regards Tomasz Kind Regards Tomasz

The ManagedFolderWorkCycle parameter specifies the time span in which all mailboxes on the specified server will be processed by the Managed Folder Assistant. The Managed Folder Assistant applies retention policies according to the ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint interval The ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint parameter specifies the time span at which to refresh the list of mailboxes so that new mailboxes that have been created or moved will be part of the work queue. Also, as mailboxes are prioritized, existing mailboxes that haven't been successfully processed for a long time will be placed higher in the queue and will have a greater chance of being processed again in the same work cycle. So have it has 1 day ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint & ManagedFolderWorkCycle Set-MailboxServer -Identity Adara -ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint 1.00:00:00 -ManagedFolderWorkCycle 1.00:00:00 ---- Now MFA has to run for a longer period , 4 hours is a short period of time Example Below for Managed Folder Assistant Schedule Alone - Satheshwaran Manoharan | Exchange 2003/2007/2010 | Blog:http://www.careexchange.in | Please mark it as an answer if it really helps you