Move-mailbox – Dumpster Difference between Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:59:36 +0000

For various reason we move the mailbox, some times to fix a issue or some other reason. One big disadvantage of moving user in Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007 is it will lose Dumpster.

Exchange 2010 Move-Mailbox does not delete dumpster when you move the mailbox. This is one of the good Interesting Features of Exchange 2010

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Difference Between Disable-Mailbox and Remove-mailbox

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:53:16 +0000

Disable-Mailbox : It will detach the mailbox(removed exchange attributes) from the Ad user objects and adds detached mailbox to the disconnected mailbox list

Eg: Disable-Mailbox username

Delete-Mailbox: It will delete Mailbox and Ad object and moved to Disconnected mailbox list. Disconnected mailbox will exists until Deletion settings set in the mailbox store. Any time we can go and reconnect to the disconnected the mailbox.

Eg. Remove-Mailbox username -Permanent

-Permanent option will permanently deletes the mailbox and with out moving to Disconnected mailbox list.

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Move-mailbox – Dumpster Difference between Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

Difference Between Disable-Mailbox and Remove-mailbox