I am following the technet note http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2006/12/18/3397563.aspx to search multiple mailboxes for subject key words and contentkeywords, and running into all sorts of problems, this is my input, can anyone see where I'm going wrong? get-mailbox | export-mailbox -subjectkeywords "my words" -targetmailbox administrator -targetfolder 'mydata' The search seems to run through but I get the following error; 'failed to copy messages to the destination mailbox store with error: MAPI or an unspecified service provider.' Any help on this gratefully appreciated. Best regards Jo

I have also just tried get-mailbox | Export-Mailbox -ContentKeywords "my words" -TargetMailbox Administrator -TargetFolder 'Mydata' and it errors saying the target inbox and the source are the same???

You need to either specify a SOURCE AND TARGET MAILBOX OR specify the path to the PST Export-Mailbox -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> -TargetMailbox <MailboxIdParameter> -TargetFolder <Folder_Name> Export-Mailbox -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> -PSTFolderPath <Path_Of_PST_Folder>\<File_Name>.pst More here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266964%28v=exchg.80%29.aspx Alternatively if you want to check out 3rd party products as a resolution, take a look at Lucid8's DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp Troy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

Many thanks for your response, I'll get onto that right away.

I have another question apologies for it seemingly simple, the mailbox Id Parameter I am given to understand for Identity is from the following choice AliasSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) addressDisplay name I am persistently getting an error stating that the object cannot be found on the domain controller, I have tried multiple mailboxes with Alias, SMTP and display name and getting the same error?? Any clarity on this would be gratefully appreciated. Jo

Please ignore the Identity error report, I have the script running to the Identity source and destination source BUT I am now faced with the MAPI Error unable to copy/move messages, I am logged in as Domain Administrator and that user has all appropriate Exchange rights. Any ideas? Many thanks.

Ok for anyone else who has this problem I have found the issue, the Domain Administrator despite being a member in all the Exchange Groups, local admin on the Server etc needs fullaccess permission on the mailbox trying to export from. I ran this command and now exporting successfully; Add-MailboxPermission -Identity "enter your source mailbox" -User "enter the user that needs the permission in my case - administrator" -AccessRights FullAccess