We're using Exchange Server 2010 SP2. We want to be able to manually control the Archiving process, I mean that we want to be able to decide when we want to Archive mailboxes and then run the Archiving proccess and the rest of the time we want it to be disabled. But although I have tried setting the ManagedFolderWorkCycle to 0 and to 10000 and set the ManagedFolderAssistantSchedule to $null, every few days the mailboxes get archived with no control from me. Is there a way to disable the Archiving process or the Managed Folder Assistant or prevent them from running? Thanks in advance.

You speaking about the Archiving to Archive Mailboxes or Somethin different ? Satheshwaran Manoharan | Exchange 2003/2007/2010 | Blog:http://www.careexchange.in | Please mark it as an answer if it really helps you

Yes, I'm talking about Archiving Mailboxes.

hi, In the EMC, ORG configuration->mailbox->retention policy-> open the default policy->under the mailbox->remove all mailboxes under the tab. I think then you can disable the auto archive. hope can help you thanks,CastinLu TechNet Community Support

Thanks Castinlu. I had already thought about that, but that was my last resource. I guess there must be a way via Powershell to add and remove a list of mailboxes from an archiving policy. Do you know how it can be done?

hi, You can try the cmdlet: set-mailbox -RetentionPolicy $null - identity "user mailbox" This is only for one user get-mailbox | set-mailbox -RetentionPolicy $null This is for all users hope can help you thanks, CastinLu TechNet Community Support

Thank you very much Castinlu, You have cleared all my doubts.