Why Content Queries are Only Supported by Microsoft 365 Auto-Label Retention Policies

Microsoft 365 retention policies allow organizations to keep or remove content from workloads like Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. You can apply filters in retention policies, but Microsoft only supports this capability auto-label retention policies. You can go ahead and update a standard retention policy to add a content filter with PowerShell and the policy will work. The question is, how long will it work for before Microsoft changes something on the backend to stop the policy working?

How to Create an Auto-Label Retention Policy Based on Sensitivity Labels

Auto-label retention policies find items in Microsoft 365 locations and apply retention labels to those items. In this article, we explain the steps involved in creating an auto-label retention policy to look for items with sensitivity labels and apply retention labels to those items.