Special Edition - New date for partial end of classic eDiscovery
New Message Center item you need to know about
Once again, my scheduled week off from this newsletter is put off because Microsoft made a pretty major announcement, especially if you’re using an e3 license for eDiscovery.
In MC1055528, Microsoft has announced that the classic Content Search and Standard eDiscovery tools will be no more:
We will be retiring the following features/ experiences from Microsoft Purview portal starting May 26, 2025. We recommend transitioning to the alternatives outlined below.
1. Content search in the classic eDiscovery section will be replaced by “Content search" in the Microsoft Purview portal. All your existing content searches in the classic eDiscovery section are already available in the modern Content Search in Purview eDiscovery.
2. Classic eDiscovery (Standard) in the Purview portal will be retired and replaced by the “Cases” tab in Purview eDiscovery. All your classic standard cases in eDiscovery can be managed in the Cases section in the left-navigation.
3. Export-related PowerShell parameters will be retired. Starting May 26, 2025, the export parameters for the following cmdlets will be disabled:
New-ComplianceSearchAction -Export parameter
Get-ComplianceSearchAction -Export parameter
Set-ComplianceSearchAction -ChangeExportKey parameter
The other eDiscovery PowerShell cmdlets for creating and managing cases, managing holds, searches and purges are still supported. If you have an E5 license and use eDiscovery (Premium), you can continue to automate exports using the Microsoft Graph eDiscovery APIs. If you do not use Graph APIs, the Microsoft Purview eDiscovery portal will be your only method for exports.
We strongly encourage you to begin planning your transition to help ensure a smooth migration and minimal disruption to your current processes. These changes are also part of our ongoing commitment to delivering a secure and intuitive user experience to you and your organization.
The bottom line is that if you’ve been working with Content Search and Standard eDiscovery, you’ve got about a month to get intimately familiar with using the new interface. If you’re an e5 licensee and mostly rely on Premium eDiscovery, you may have a bit more time to make the adjustments, but they are coming for you in a few months, too, as I’ve discussed before.
I’ve been exploring some of the features of the new interface over the last few weeks, and I intend to continue doing so. If you’re looking to make this adjustment on short notice, it might be worth reviewing the archives and becoming a paid subscriber to access all the details I’ve shared. At the very least, subscribe for free so you can see when I link out to other sources covering the new interface in the monthly news roundups.
Thanks, and good luck to us all on this ever-changing path!