Hi all

We currently have 2 Exchange servers linked both with big DBs. + - 1000 Users
Exchange allows to create Multiple Stores and DBs. Do we create more Stores and split them up alphabetically?

What do you suggest and how to move fo

Hi

Best practice would be to have smaller DB's you can manage. MS does support large databases up to 2TB but that becomes a bit tricky. 

If you have multiple branches perhaps create a DB for each branch. just a suggestion :-)

I agree, but what would be the best way to split up 1000 people?
By department or alphabetically? What would you advise?

Hi Crashdan,

As far as how to split them up, it is up to you. If you take GAL segmentation into account, I recommend you split them up by department.

What's more, here are the cmdlets when you do a local move for your reference.

New-MoveRequest -Identity xxx -TargetDatabase xxx

Based on a where statement:

Get-Mailbox -Resultsize Unlimited | Where {$_.OrganizationalUnit -like "*sales*"} | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase <TargetDatabase> -BatchName "<BatchName>"

Here are some helpful threads for your reference.

Create a Local Move Request

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124495.aspx

New-MoveRequest

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351123(v=exchg.150).aspx

Hope it helps.

If there are any problems, please feel free to let me know.

Best regards,
Amy