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Update Public Folders

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

This topic explains how to use the Exchange Management Console (EMC) or the Exchange Management Shell to update the public folder content in a specified public folder's replication list.

For more information about how to update the public folder hierarchy, see Update a Public Folder Hierarchy.

Looking for other management tasks related to public folders? Check out Managing Public Folders.

Use the EMC to update public folders

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Public folders" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, click Toolbox.

  2. In the result pane, click Public Folder Management Console.

  3. In the action pane, click Open Tool. The Public Folder Management Console appears.

  4. In the public folder tree, click or expand Default Public Folders, and then if any public folders are displayed in the result pane, select the parent folder of the public folder that you want to update.

  5. In the result pane, click the public folder that you want to update.

  6. In the action pane, click Update Content.

Use the Shell to update public folders

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Public folders" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example updates the folders in the replication list of the public folder My Public Folder that resides on the server My Server.

Update-PublicFolder "\My Public Folder" -Server "My Server"

Note

The Server parameter specifies the identity of a Mailbox server with a public folder database that's the source of the replication.

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Update-PublicFolder.

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