27 June 2010

At last! Exchange Server 2010 SP1 allows bulk import and export of PST files without...

... the need of installatling the Outlook client. It just took the whole of Exchange Server 2007 RTM > SP1 > SP2 > SP3, Exchange Server 2010 RTM, SP1 to get there. Not much!

GOD BLESS!

To use this functionality, two prerequisites must be met:

1. As always, the person performing the import or export must have the appropriate permissions within Exchange. By default, no RBAC role group provides this functionality.

New-RoleGroup "Mailbox Import-Export Management" -Roles "Mailbox Import Export"
Add-RoleGroupMember "Mailbox Import-Export Management" -Member

The first command creates a new role group that grants access to the *-MailboxImportRequest and *-MailboxExportRequest cmdlets. The second command adds a user to the role group.

2. The Exchange Trusted Subsystem security group must have Full Control/Owner permissions on the file share that will be used to temporarily store the PST files.

Export the recovered data to a pst file:
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox "Discovery Search Mailbox" -FilePath "\\exchsvr\RecoveryPsts\RecoveredItems.pst" -ContentFilter {Subject -eq "London"} -SourceRootFolder "Recovery 01"

Import the recovered data into the person's mailbox:
New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox sec -FilePath "\\exchsvr\RecoveryPsts\RecoveredItems.pst" -TargetRootFolder "Recovered Items"

The alternatives for Exchange Server 2010 RTM and also SP1 are:

1. If the users included in the search have Standard CALs, the Help Desk technician can only use the Search-Mailbox cmdlet.
2. If the users included in the search have Enterprise CALs, the Help Desk technician can also use the New-MailboxSearch cmdlet, or the Multi-Mailbox Search feature in the Exchange Control Panel (ECP).

Search-Mailbox "Discovery Search Mailbox" -SearchQuery "from:'boss' AND seattle" -TargetMailbox sec -TargetFolder "Recovered by HelpDesk" -LogLevel Full -DeleteContent


Source:
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/04/26/454733.aspx

Other sources:
http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/single-item-recovery/

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