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sengewald
Copper Contributor
Apr 24, 2023

In Exchange Online - how to disable mailbox archive and reconnect it to the user's primary mailbox

Hello,

 

Anyone who knows how in Exchange Online, that when you disable an archive mailbox, and want to reconnect it (move all items) to the user's primary mailbox

 

In my example I have a Shared Mailbox with Exchange Online (Plan 2) license where Archive is enabled

I want to disable the archive, move the content/reconnect it to the Shared Mailbox primary mailbox

 

Ani ideas?

  • sengewald 

    1-first you need to export users' Online Archives either manually or by using below command.

    New-MailboxExportRequest –Mailbox IT -IsArchive -FilePath filesharePSTITarchive.pst

    2-next step is to disable online archive.

    3-Import the exported PST file into the mailbox

    New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox IT -FilePath filesharePSTITarchive.pst

    If you want to import the content of the PST file into e.g. a specific folder within the mailbox, use this command instead:

    New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox IT -FilePath filesharePSTITarchive.pst -TargetRootFolder "RecoveredFiles"

    you can also use azure AZ Copy to upload pst file to storage account and then map it to the mailbox.

     

     

     


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    • Dan_Snape's avatar
      Dan_Snape
      Steel Contributor
      The new-mailboxexportrequest cmdlet isn't available in Exchange Online, only Exchange on-premises. You'll have to export the contents of the archive manually or use e-Discovery.

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