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Moving local mailboxes from Exchange 2016 to 2019 completes error free but doesn't move anything
Hi - I am probably doing something dumb. I want to move one mailbox from my Exchange 2016 server to my 2019 server. Same domain, just a server migration. From the EAC, I select the mailbox I wan...
- Looks like I stumbled across an answer. The problem goes back to 2017 when I moved all my mailboxes from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016. The completed move requests were still there. After I deleted the completed move requests, mailbox moves started working as expected. I wonder if that's documented anywhere.
If you want to move your mailboxes, make sure you delete the move requests from the last time you moved your mailboxes.
3 1/2 months and 60 view later and still no progress. This is a Windows 2016 domain. I wonder if it will work better with a 2019 domain. The problem is maddening because I'm not able to find any footprints.
Looks like I stumbled across an answer. The problem goes back to 2017 when I moved all my mailboxes from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016. The completed move requests were still there. After I deleted the completed move requests, mailbox moves started working as expected. I wonder if that's documented anywhere.
If you want to move your mailboxes, make sure you delete the move requests from the last time you moved your mailboxes.
If you want to move your mailboxes, make sure you delete the move requests from the last time you moved your mailboxes.
- Thank you so much for documenting this. I had the same issue and was pulling my hair out. Would have never thought to just delete the old finished jobs. Karma will reward you.
