Previewing content of quarantined Exchange Online messages

You can preview content of quarantined Exchange Online messages without saving them to your computer or releasing them to their original folders.

To preview content of a quarantined message:

1. Select a message in the list of quarantined items.
2. Click the Preview button.

The message details and content will be displayed in the Message preview pane on the right side of the window.

You can also save or release the previewed message by clicking the Save to disk or Release buttons.

Saving or releasing quarantined items may cause harm to your computer because they may contain viruses and other malicious objects that pose a threat of infection.

Note that the following content cannot be previewed in Quarantine:

• Messages that do not contain any visible characters.
• Messages that may contain confidential information.
• Messages from Exchange Online Quarantine.
• Released messages.
• Message attachments.
• Calendar events.
• OneDrive files.
• SharePoint Online files.

Original layout of messages content might not be preserved in the Quarantine preview.