Exchange 2007 - Export Mailbox's to PST files

Problem

In the days of Exchange 2000/2003 we used to use EXMerge to do this, but with Exchange 2007 (After Service Pack 1) we have the Export-Mailbox Powershell command.

Solution

As usual there are a number of hoops to jump through first, Pre-Requisites 1. You must be on a client that is running the x32 bit management tools (Yes I'm aware x32 bit Exchange 2007 is NOT supported for production environments but it IS supported for the use of the Management tools!). For install instructions click here. 2.You must be on a machine that has Outlook 2003 (Service pack 2 or greater) installed. If you don't tick these two box's you will see this error. You are running on a 64-bit computer. To export to or import from a .pst file, you must be running a 32-bit computer that has Outlook 2003 SP2 or later instal led. At line:1 char:1 + <<<< Get-Mailbox -Database "Mail\Mailbox-Database" | Export-Mailbox -PSTFold erPath \\mail\pst\ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RecipientTaskException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : C2D0E262 3. Your Exchange 2007 server must be at SP1 (at least). Exchange 2007 Build Numbers = 8.1.0240.006 (SP1) or 8.2.0176.002 (SP2). To Export a Single Users Mailbox to PST file. 1. Use the following command, Where Administrator is the mailbox "Alias" and \\Mail\pst is the location to host the pst file (Note: you can also use a path like c:\pst). 2. Press "y" to confirm and it should complete successfully. To Export a Whole Exchange Mailbox Database to PST file. 1. Use the following command, Where "Mail" is the Exchange server name, "Mailbox Database" is the database name, and \\Mail\pst is the location to host the pst file (Note: you can also use a path like c:\pst). 2. Press "y" to confirm and it should complete successfully. To Export an Active Directory's OU's Users Mailboxes to PST file. 1. Use the following command, Where "Sales" is the Organisational unit, and \\Mail\pst is the location to host the pst file (Note: you can also use a path like c:\pst). 2. Press "y" to confirm and it should complete successfully. Possible Problems and Errors Problem 1 (MAPI or an unspecified service provider. ID no: 00000000-0000-00000000) Error: StatusMessage : Error occurred in the step: Moving messages. Failed to copy messages to the destination mailbox store with error: MAPI or an unspecified service provider. ID no: 00000000-0000-00000000 This is a permissions error you need to grant "Send As" permissions to the the account you are running the command under (i.e. the domain admin account). issue the following powershell command, Where the Exchange server name is "Mail" and the "DomainC" is the domain name. Problem 2 (This mailbox exceeded the maximum number of corrupted items) Error: This mailbox exceeded the maximum number of corrupted items specified for this move mailbox operation, error code: -1056749110 The threshold for corrupted items is zero, try upping the limit by adding " -Baditemlimit 10002 to the end of the Export-Mailbox command i.e.

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