Quarantine Backlog & Release Requests (30 days)
The question it answers: What was quarantined in the last 30 days, which releases were requested, and was high-confidence phishing or malware released?
What Microsoft 365 quarantined, which messages users asked to have released, and - most importantly - high-confidence phishing or malware that was released anyway. A released malware message is an incident.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Where in the app | Exchange Online › Mail Security Posture › Quarantine & Release Requests |
| Workload | Exchange Online |
| Kind | Table · dashboard tile |
| Data | Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). It reads through PowerShell (Exchange Online or SharePoint Online), so the first load takes longer than a Graph report. |
| Licence | Exchange Online (Exchange Online Protection). |
| Report id (API and MCP) | exchange.posture.quarantine-backlog |
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Key | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Received | ReceivedTime | DateTime |
| Type | QuarantineType | Status |
| Release | ReleaseStatus | Text |
| Sender | Sender | Text |
| Recipients | Recipients | Text |
| Subject | Subject | Text |
Filters
Section titled “Filters”| Filter | Key (API) | On when the page opens |
|---|---|---|
| Only release requests and released high-risk messages | attention | Yes |
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Licence: Exchange Online (Exchange Online Protection).
Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):
| Permission | API | What it allows | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
Exchange.ManageAsApp | Office 365 Exchange Online | Manage Exchange As Application |
Data sources it reads
Get-QuarantineMessage -StartReceivedDate (30 days)
Through the API and MCP
Section titled “Through the API and MCP”GET /ir-api/v1/reports/exchange.posture.quarantine-backlog?size=100GET /ir-api/v1/reports/exchange.posture.quarantine-backlog?filter=attentionAn AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id exchange.posture.quarantine-backlog. The client needs the Read grant for Exchange Online. See Using the API.