Hello, We have several exchange 2010/SP2 servers (no rollups post SP2). Our managed folders and managedFolderWorkCycle is set as below. I am expecting the managedfolder assistant to kick in at 3:00 AM every day for 3 hours and stop after that but what I am seeing is that it runs all day non stop. Any ideas to why? ManagedFolderWorkCycle : 03:00:00 ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint : 1.00:00:00 ManagedFolderAssistantSchedule : {Sun.3:00 AM-Sun.4:00 AM, Mon.3:00 AM-Mon.4:00 AM, Tue.3:00 AM-Tue.4:00 AM, We d.3:00 AM-Wed.4:00 AM, Thu.3:00 AM-Thu.4:00 AM, Fri.3:00 AM-Fri.4:00 AM, Sat.3 :00 AM-Sat.4:00 AM} LogPathForManagedFolders : E:\Managed Folder Assistant LogFileAgeLimitForManagedFolders : 00:00:00 LogDirectorySizeLimitForManagedFolders : unlimited LogFileSizeLimitForManagedFolders : 15 MB RetentionLogForManagedFoldersEnabled : True JournalingLogForManagedFoldersEnabled : False FolderLogForManagedFoldersEnabled : False SubjectLogForManagedFoldersEnabled : True

It runs 24/7 as it's throttled so wont consume all your resources.Sukh

What happens if I set ManagedFolderWorkCycle to 4 hours and leave ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint at 1 day? When will it kick in? What's the function of ManagedFolderAssistantSchedule in this case or is it no longer used?

Hello, ManagedFolderWorkCycle:specifies the time span in which all mailboxes on the specified server will be processed by the Managed Folder Assistant.The Managed Folder Assistant applies retention policies according to the ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint interval. ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint:specifies the time span at which to refresh the list of mailboxes so that new mailboxes that have been created or moved will be part of the work queue. Also, as mailboxes are prioritized, existing mailboxes that haven't been successfully processed for a long time will be placed higher in the queue and will have a greater chance of being processed again in the same work cycle. So when you set ManagedFolderWorkCycle to 4 hours, the managed folder assistant will process all mailboxes on the server every 4 hours. leave ManagedFolderWorkCycleCheckpoint at 1 day, this means it will refresh the list of mailboxes every day. To know detail about these parameters, you can refer to this document: Set-MailboxServer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998651.aspx Thanks, EvanEvan Liu TechNet Community Support

See the above response or the comments on technet for the command usage.Sukh