How To Export User Mailbox from Exchange 2007

You may already know that exchange 2007 does not allow you to export mailbox in a x64 bit system. But for exchange 2007 to run, you need to install it on a x64 bit server. This is the big disappointment for system admin. Why would Microsoft provide the Export-Mailbox function if it doesn’t run on the x64 bit server? :idea:

In my environment, I do not have any spare server to configure for exporting user mailboxes. Hence I installed Mircosoft Virtual PC 2007. With Windows XP in it and joined to my Exchange server 2007 domain. Once I have done that, I install Microsoft Office Outlook with SP2. If not Exchange management tools won’t let you install.

Before you can export a user mailbox, you will need to grant the access permission to the user mailbox.

Then select the user that you would use to export the mailbox, click manage button.

Then in your virtual machine, start your Exchange Management Shell prompt. To export a user mailbox, type in the command below:

Export-Mailbox –Identity [Alias] –PSTFolderPath [Path to export mailbox, example C:\backup\dave.pst]

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You will see the process of exporting the emails. The command will export all user’s folders, sub-folders, deleted items, sent items and draft emails, exactly the same as user’s current mailbox.