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Microsoft Exchange 2003 – Move Mailbox

Microsoft Exchange 2003 – Move Mailbox

April 13, 2003 No Comments Exchange 2003

Introduction to Move Mailbox in Exchange 2003

Once you have sorted out Active Directory and the ADC’s, you are ready for the final leg of the migration journey – to move the user’s mailbox store to the new Exchange 2003 server.

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New features supplied by the Move Mailbox Wizard

The wizard provides a method for moving mailboxes from within Exchange 2003’s System Manager.  (If you prefer, use the Active Directory User’s and Computers.)  How ever you access the mailboxes, here are two very useful new features :

  1. In Exchange 2003, you can select multiple mailboxes
  2. I recommend the task scheduler, so that you can plan now, and move later.

For example, you can schedule a large move to start after workers go home, thereby ensuring that your server’s resources are not being stressed during business hours.

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How to move mailboxes in Exchange 2003

  1. Execute the Exchange System Manager: Start (Menu), All Programs, Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
  2. In the tree, expand Servers, select the server with the mailboxes, expand First Storage Group, expand Mailbox Store, and then click Mailboxes.
  3. In the details pane, right-click the user or users you want, and then select Exchange Tasks.
  4. On the Available Tasks page, click Move Mailbox, and then click Next.
  5. On the Move Mailbox page, type the new destination for the mailbox, in the Server list, select a server, and then, in the Mailbox Store list, select a mailbox store.
  6. Under If corrupted messages are found, click the option you want, and then click Next.
  7. In the Task Schedule page, in the Begin processing tasks at list, choose the time for the move.
  8. In the Completing the Exchange Task Wizard page, verify that the information is correct, and then click Finish.

Mailbox Recovery Center – New in Exchange 2003

Mailboxes can become orphaned if you delete a user who still has email.  Techniques include export mailbox properties and associate users with mailboxes.  Once the repair is complete, you can Reconnect the mailbox.

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Summary

Once you have mastered Active Directory, and users can logon to the Windows Server 2003 domain, then you are ready for the last phase to move the mailboxes from the Exchange 5.5 servers to the new Exchange 2003 servers.

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