How to Specify a Mailbox Store to Work with if You Are Running Exchange System Manager on Windows 2000 Server

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You can use Mailbox Recovery Center to recover one or more mailboxes on one or more mailbox stores. You can export the mailbox properties, and you can associate the mailboxes with users in Active Directory and reconnect the mailboxes.

Note

Some procedures are different for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003.

This procedure describes how to specify a mailbox store to work with if you are running Exchange System Manager on Windows 2000 Server.

Procedure

To specify a mailbox store to work with if you are running Exchange System Manager on Windows 2000 Server

  1. Start Exchange System Manager: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.

  2. In the console tree, expand Tools, right-click Mailbox Recovery Center (see the following figure), and then click Add Mailbox Store.

  3. In Add mailbox store(s), click the mailbox store you want, and then click Add. You can add multiple mailbox stores in this manner.

  4. Click OK to add the store. After the store has been added, the details pane will list any disconnected mailboxes in that store.

    The Mailbox Recovery Center in Exchange System Manager

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For More Information

  • For more information about recovering one or more mailboxes on one or more mailbox stores, see "How to Recover One or More Mailboxes on One or More Mailbox Stores" in the Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide.