About this tag
The offboarding automation tag covers Microsoft 365 administration features that help organizations manage the operational consequences of employee departures. Current discussions focus on two areas: transferring ownership of Exchange Online meetings and recurring series when an organizer leaves, and using Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management to delete inactive mailboxes and OneDrive accounts at scale. These capabilities connect departure workflows with calendaring continuity, retention policies, legal holds, storage management, and audit defensibility. The tagged content also highlights PowerShell administration, Microsoft 365 roadmap changes, and planned 2026 availability across relevant cloud environments. Follow this tag for practical developments in governed, repeatable employee offboarding.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Invoke-ChangeMeetingOrganizer: Transfer Exchange Meeting Ownership in 2026

    Microsoft is rolling out an Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet, Invoke-ChangeMeetingOrganizer, that lets Microsoft 365 administrators transfer ownership of an existing meeting or recurring series to another organizer, with general availability beginning in June 2026 across commercial and...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Purview Data Lifecycle Deletion for Departed Employees: Mailboxes and OneDrive Cleanup

    Microsoft added Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 566527 on June 25, 2026, promising a September 2026 general availability release for a Purview Data Lifecycle Management feature that can delete inactive OneDrives and mailboxes for departed employees at scale in worldwide multi-tenant clouds. The feature...