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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions defender-office-365/quarantine-policies.md
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ms.custom:
description: Admins can learn how to use quarantine policies to control what users are able to do to quarantined messages.
ms.service: defender-office-365
ms.date: 05/13/2025
ms.date: 05/29/2025
appliesto:
- ✅ <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-office-365/eop-about" target="_blank">Exchange Online Protection</a>
- ✅ <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-office-365/mdo-about#defender-for-office-365-plan-1-vs-plan-2-cheat-sheet" target="_blank">Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 and Plan 2</a>
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## Modify quarantine policies in the Microsoft Defender portal

You can't modify the default quarantine policies named AdminOnlyAccessPolicy, DefaultFullAccessPolicy, or DefaultFullAccessWithNotificationPolicy.
> [!NOTE]
> Permissions and notification settings in default quarantine policies are read only (aren't modifiable).

1. In the Microsoft Defender portal at <https://security.microsoft.com>, go to **Email & collaboration** \> **Policies & rules** \> **Threat policies** \> **Quarantine policies** in the **Rules** section. Or, to go directly to the **Quarantine policies** page, use <https://security.microsoft.com/quarantinePolicies>.

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- Inform the user that the message is in quarantine.
- Allow users to view and take action on the quarantined message from the quarantine notification. Permissions control what the user can do in the quarantine notification as described in the [Quarantine policy permission details](#quarantine-policy-permission-details) section.

> [!NOTE]
> Permissions and notification settings in default quarantine policies are read only (aren't modifiable).

The relationship between permissions, permissions groups, and the default quarantine policies are described in the following tables:

|Permission|No access|Limited access|Full access|
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- **On the Quarantine page**: Quarantined messages are visible to users, but the only available action is :::image type="icon" source="media/m365-cc-sc-view-message-headers-icon.png" border="false"::: [View message headers](quarantine-end-user.md#view-email-message-headers).
- **In quarantine notifications**: Users receive quarantine notifications, but the only available action is **Review message**.

> [!TIP]
> To enable quarantine notifications while maintaining restricted access, [create a custom quarantine policy](#step-1-create-quarantine-policies-in-the-microsoft-defender-portal) with the following settings:
>
> - **Recipient message access** page: Select **Set specific access (Advanced)**, but leave **Select release action preference** and **Select additional actions recipients can take on quarantined messages** blank/unselected (equivalent to the value 0 for the _EndUserQuarantinePermissionsValue_ parameter on the **New-QuarantinePolicy** cmdlet [in Powershell](#create-quarantine-policies-in-powershell)).
> - **Quarantine notification** page: Select **Enable** and then select **Don't include quarantined messages from blocked sender addresses** (default) or **Include quarantined messages from blocked sender addresses**.

##### Limited access

If the quarantine policy assigns **Limited access** permissions, users get the following capabilities:
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