Members of this Purview role group can set up and run eDiscovery cases they own, including searching, holding and exporting content. eDiscovery Administrator is a subgroup of it.
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Terms in this definition
- Role group
A bundle of Microsoft Purview roles. Any user or security group you add gets every permission in the bundle; you manage them from Settings > Roles and scopes.
- Set
Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.
- eDiscovery
Locating, holding, reviewing and exporting electronic information to serve as evidence in investigations or lawsuits. Microsoft Purview covers Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and other sources, and E5 unlocks extra premium capabilities.
- eDiscovery Administrator
A subgroup within eDiscovery Manager, for named users only, whose members can additionally open any case in the tenant and take people off cases.
Related terms
- RMS Decrypt
Part of the eDiscovery Manager role group, this eDiscovery role allows exporting and viewing email protected by rights management and Microsoft-encrypted attachments, and putting decrypted attachments into review sets.
- Search permissions filter
Created via New-ComplianceSecurityFilter in Security & Compliance PowerShell, it restricts which content, sites and mailboxes an eDiscovery manager may search. Compliance boundaries rely on these filters.