Software Suite for Microsoft Exchange Licenses Owner's manual
d. Press Enter.
3. Start the Exchange Management Shell by clicking Start→Program Files→Exchange→Exchange
Management Shell.
4. In the Exchange Management Shell, enter the following:
Restore-Mailbox -Identity <ID> -RecoveryDatabase <rec_database>
• <ID> — The user whose mailbox you wish to recover
• <rec_database> — The name of the recovery database that was previously created
5. To restore mailbox content into the Recovery folder, enter:
Restore-Mailbox -Identity Scott -RecoveryDatabase <rec_database> -RecoveryMailbox
<user_mb> -TargetFolder Recovery
• <rec_database> — The name of the recovery database that was previously created
• <user_mb> — The user name of the user’s mailbox
6. To restore specific email messages, enter:
Restore-Mailbox -Identity Scott -RecoveryDatabase <rec_database> -SubjectKeywords
"<keyword>" -ContentKeywords "<contentword>" -IncludeFolders \<folder>,\<folder>
• <ID> — The user whose mailbox you wish to recover
• <rec_database> — The name of the recovery database that was previously created
• <keyword> — A keyword in the email subject line
• <contentword> — A keyword in the email contents
• <folder> — A specific folder in the user’s mailbox
7. To restore all mailboxes in the mailbox database that are present in the recovery database,
enter:
Get-Mailbox -Database <dbname> | Restore-Mailbox -RecoveryDatabase <rec_database>
• <dbname> — The name of the mailbox database
• <rec_database> — The name of the recovery database that was previously created
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