I've done some reading both on this forum and on the web at large, and also look at this on my Exchange course and think I understand the basics of 2010's archiving/retention. I have the following plan in mind and wanted to run it past you guys to see what you think:
Create “Archive Database”
Set-MailboxDatabase "Archive Database" -IsExcludedFromProvisioning $true
Create Retention Policy Tag – “AB 10yr Delete”,
Type: All other folders in mailbox,
Age limit: 3650
Action: Delete and allow recovery
Create Retention Policy Tag – “AB 30day Move to Archive”
Type: All other folders in mailbox
Age limit: 30
Action: Move to Archive
Create Retention Policy – “AB Default”
Tags: “AB 10yr Delete”, “AB 30day Move to Archive”
Mailboxes: “Test user”
I'm not sure at which point I should "enable archive" for the test user though. Should I do it before I Setup the tags and policy or after? If after, will the wizard ask me where I want to create the user's archive mailbox or will it let me do it regardless and just not archive stuff until an archive exists for them?