Applies ToExchange Server 2013 Enterprise Edition Exchange Server 2013 Standard Edition

Symptoms

When you run a cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell to apply a retention policy that moves email messages from a user’s mailbox to the user’s archive mailbox in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 environment, the retention policy does not work. For example, you create a retention policy by running one of the following cmdlets:

  • New-RetentionPolicyTag "ArchiveTag" -Type All -RetentionEnabled $true -AgeLimitForRetention 90 -RetentionAction MoveToArchive

  • New-RetentionPolicy PolicyName -RetentionPolicyTagLinks "ArchiveTag"

  • Set-Mailbox Mailbox -RetentionPolicy PolicyName

  • Start-ManagedFolderAssistant -Identity Mailbox

Cause

This issue occurs because a System.InvalidCastException exception occurs when Managed Folder Assistant tries to process mailboxes.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, install the following cumulative update:

2892464 Description of Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange Server 2013

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about the New-RetentionPolicyTag cmdlet, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about the New-RetentionPolicyTag cmdletFor more information about the New-RetentionPolicy cmdlet, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about the New-RetentionPolicy cmdletFor more information about the Set-Mailbox cmdlet, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about the Set-Mailbox cmdletFor more information about the Start-ManagedFolderAssistant cmdlet, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about the Start-ManagedFolderAssistant cmdlet

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