New-MailboxExportRequest
Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange Server 2013.
Use the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet to begin the process of exporting contents of a primary mailbox or archive to a .pst file.
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| This cmdlet is available only in the Mailbox Import Export role, and by default, that role isn't assigned to a role group. To use this cmdlet, you need to add the Mailbox Import Export role to a role group (for example, to the Organization Management role group). For more information, see the "Add a role to a role group" section in Manage role groups. |
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.
New-MailboxExportRequest -FilePath <LongPath> -Mailbox <MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter> [-AssociatedMessagesCopyOption <DoNotCopy | MapByMessageClass | Copy>] [-ConflictResolutionOption <KeepSourceItem | KeepLatestItem | KeepAll>] [-ContentFilter <String>] [-ContentFilterLanguage <CultureInfo>] [-ExcludeDumpster <SwitchParameter>] [-ExcludeFolders <String[]>] [-IncludeFolders <String[]>] [-IsArchive <SwitchParameter>] [-RemoteCredential <PSCredential>] [-RemoteHostName <Fqdn>] [-SourceRootFolder <String>] [-TargetRootFolder <String>] [-AcceptLargeDataLoss <SwitchParameter>] [-BadItemLimit <Unlimited>] [-BatchName <String>] [-CompletedRequestAgeLimit <Unlimited>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-InternalFlags <InternalMrsFlag[]>] [-LargeItemLimit <Unlimited>] [-Name <String>] [-Priority <Lowest | Lower | Low | Normal | High | Higher | Highest | Emergency>] [-SkipMerging <SkippableMergeComponent[]>] [-Suspend <SwitchParameter>] [-SuspendComment <String>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WorkloadType <None | Local | Onboarding | Offboarding | TenantUpgrade | LoadBalancing | Emergency | RemotePstIngestion | SyncAggregation | RemotePstExport>]
This example exports the user Ayla Kol's primary mailbox to a .pst file on the network shared folder PSTFileShare on SERVER01.
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox AylaKol -FilePath "\\SERVER01\PSTFileShare\Ayla_Recovered.pst"
This example exports the user Kweku's archive to a .pst file on the network shared folder PSTFileShare on SERVER01.
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox Kweku -FilePath "\\SERVER01\PSTFileShare\Kweku_Archive.pst" -IsArchive
This example exports messages that contain the words "company" and "profit" in the body of the message for the user Tony received before January 1, 2012.
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox Tony -ContentFilter {(body -like "*company*") -and (body -like "*profit*") -and (Received -lt "01/01/2012")} -FilePath "\\SERVER01\PSTFileShare\Tony_CompanyProfits.pst"
This example exports all messages from Kweku's Inbox to the .pst file InPlaceHold.
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox Kweku -IncludeFolders "#Inbox#" -FilePath \\SERVER01\PSTFileShare\Kweku\InPlaceHold.pst
You can create more than one mailbox export request per mailbox, and each mailbox export request must have a unique name. Microsoft Exchange automatically generates up to 10 unique names for a mailbox export request. However, to create more than 10 export requests for a mailbox, you need to specify a unique name when creating the export request. You can remove existing export requests with the Remove-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet before starting a new request with the default request name <alias>\MailboxExportX (where X = 0–9).
You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Import Export" entry in the Recipients Permissions topic.
You need to grant the following permission to the group Exchange Trusted Subsystem to the network share where you want to export or import PST files:
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To import PST files from the share: Read permission
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To save exported PST files to the share: Read/Write permission.
If you don't grant this permission, you will receive an error message stating that Exchange is unable to establish a connection to the PST file on the network share.
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| FilePath | Required | Microsoft.Exchange.Data.LongPath | The FilePath parameter specifies the network share path of the .pst file to which data is exported, for example, \\SERVER01\PST Files\exported.pst. You need to grant the following permission to the group Exchange Trusted Subsystem to the network share where you want to export or import PST files:
If you don't grant this permission, you will receive an error message stating that Exchange is unable to establish a connection to the PST file on the network share. | ||
| Mailbox | Required | Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter | The Mailbox parameter specifies the mailbox or mail-enabled user from which to export contents. You can use the following values:
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| AcceptLargeDataLoss | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | The AcceptLargeDataLoss switch specifies the request should continue even if a large number of items in the source mailbox can't be copied to the target mailbox. You need to use this switch if you set either the BadItemLimit or LargeItemLimit parameters to a value of 51 or higher. Otherwise, the command will fail. | ||
| AssociatedMessagesCopyOption | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.FAICopyOption | The AssociatedMessagesCopyOption parameter specifies whether associated messages are copied when the request is processed. Associated messages are special messages that contain hidden data with information about rules, views, and forms. By default, associated messages are copied. This parameter accepts the following values:
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| BadItemLimit | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Unlimited | The BadItemLimit parameter specifies the maximum number of bad items that are allowed before the request fails. A bad item is a corrupt item in the source mailbox that can't be copied to the target mailbox. Also included in the bad item limit are missing items. Missing items are items in the source mailbox that can't be found in the target mailbox when the request is ready to complete. Valid input for this parameter is an integer or the value
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| BatchName | Optional | System.String | The BatchName parameter specifies a descriptive name for exporting a batch of mailboxes. You can use the name in the BatchName parameter as a string search when you use the Get-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet. | ||
| CompletedRequestAgeLimit | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Unlimited | The CompletedRequestAgeLimit parameter specifies how long the request will be kept after it has completed before being automatically removed. The default CompletedRequestAgeLimit is 30 days. | ||
| Confirm | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | The Confirm switch causes the command to pause processing and requires you to acknowledge what the command will do before processing continues. You don't have to specify a value with the Confirm switch. | ||
| ConflictResolutionOption | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.ConflictResolutionOption | The ConflictResolutionOption parameter specifies the action for the Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service (MRS) to take if there are multiple matching messages in the target. This parameter takes the following values:
The default value is | ||
| ContentFilter | Optional | System.String | The ContentFilter parameter specifies message content to search for. Only contents that match the ContentFilter parameter will be exported into the .pst file. | ||
| ContentFilterLanguage | Optional | System.Globalization.CultureInfo | The ContentFilterLanguage parameter specifies the language being used in the ContentFilter parameter for string searches. The valid input for the ContentFilterLanguage parameter is the string names listed in the Culture Name column in the Microsoft .NET Class Library class reference available at CultureInfo Class. | ||
| DomainController | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn | The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that writes this configuration change to Active Directory. | ||
| ExcludeDumpster | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | The ExcludeDumpster parameter specifies whether to exclude the Recoverable Items folder. You don't have to include a value with this parameter. If you don't specify this parameter, the Recoverable Items folder is copied with the following subfolders:
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| ExcludeFolders | Optional | System.String[] | The ExcludeFolders parameter specifies the list of folders to exclude during the export. Folder names aren't case-sensitive, and there are no character restrictions. Use the following syntax:
If the user creates a personal folder with the same name as a well-known folder and the # symbol surrounding it, you can use a back slash (\) as an escape character to specify that folder. For example, if a user creates a folder named #Notes# and you want to specify that folder, but not the well-known Notes folder, use the following syntax:
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| IncludeFolders | Optional | System.String[] | The IncludeFolders parameter specifies the list of folders to include during the export. Folder names aren't case-sensitive, and there are no character restrictions. Use the following syntax:
If the user creates a personal folder with the same name as a well-known folder and the # symbol surrounding it, you can use a back slash (\) as an escape character to specify that folder. For example, if a user creates a folder named #Notes# and you want to specify that folder, but not the well-known Notes folder, use the following syntax:
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| InternalFlags | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.InternalMrsFlag[] | The InternalFlags parameter specifies the optional steps in the request. This parameter is used primarily for debugging purposes. | ||
| IsArchive | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | The IsArchive switch specifies that you're exporting from the user's archive. | ||
| LargeItemLimit | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Unlimited | The LargeItemLimit parameter specifies the maximum number of large items that are allowed before the request fails. A large item is a message in the source mailbox that exceeds the maximum message size that's allowed in the target mailbox. If the target mailbox doesn't have a specifically configured maximum message size value, the organization-wide value is used. For more information about maximum message size values, see the following topics:
Valid input for this parameter is an integer or the value
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| Name | Optional | System.String | The Name parameter specifies the name of the specific request for tracking and display purposes. Because you can have multiple export requests per mailbox, Exchange precedes the name with the mailbox's alias. For example, if you create an export request for a user's mailbox that has the alias Kweku and specify the value of this parameter as PC1toArchive, the identity of this export request is Kweku\PC1toArchive. If you don't specify a name using this parameter, Exchange generates up to 10 request names per mailbox, which is MailboxExportX (where X = 0–9). The identity of the request is displayed and searchable as <alias>\MailboxExportX. | ||
| Priority | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.RequestPriority | The Priority parameter specifies the order in which this request should be processed in the request queue. Requests are processed in order, based on server health, status, priority, and last update time. | ||
| RemoteCredential | Optional | System.Management.Automation.PSCredential | This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use. | ||
| RemoteHostName | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn | This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use. | ||
| SkipMerging | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.SkippableMergeComponent[] | The SkipMerging parameter specifies steps in the export that should be skipped. This parameter is used primarily for debugging purposes. | ||
| SourceRootFolder | Optional | System.String | The SourceRootFolder parameter specifies the root folder of the mailbox from which data is exported. If this parameter isn't specified, the command exports all folders. | ||
| Suspend | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | The Suspend switch specifies whether to suspend the request. If you use this switch, the request is queued, but the request won't reach the status of InProgress until you resume the request with the relevant resume cmdlet. You don't have to specify a value with this switch. | ||
| SuspendComment | Optional | System.String | The SuspendComment parameter specifies a description about why the request was suspended. You can only use this parameter if you specify the Suspend parameter. | ||
| TargetRootFolder | Optional | System.String | The TargetRootFolder parameter specifies the top-level folder in which to export data. If you don't specify this parameter, the command exports folders to the top of the folder structure in the target .pst file. Content is merged under existing folders, and new folders are created if they don't already exist in the target folder structure. | ||
| WhatIf | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | The WhatIf switch instructs the command to simulate the actions that it would take on the object. By using the WhatIf switch, you can view what changes would occur without having to apply any of those changes. You don't have to specify a value with the WhatIf switch. | ||
| WorkloadType | Optional | Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.RequestWorkloadType | The WorkloadType parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use. |
To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.
To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.

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