hi all, I have just been asked how to use xmerge with exchange 2010 to archive an old (no longer at the company) users email into a PST for safe keeping. I understand this could be done with exchange 2003 but I am told this is not the case with exchange 2010. Is there an alternative I can use / suggest? I am assuming the power shell is the only answer here? If so . . where do I start? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks

Your best bet is to use the New-MailboxExportRequest. This link covers the basic steps to export the mailbox to PST, http://exchangeserverpro.com/export-mailboxes-exchange-server-2010-sp1. If you have any questions please let me know.Chris Crandall - CB5 Solutions Exchange 2010 MCM - Office 365 MCM - MCT cbfive.com

this looks easy enough to me but I am not sure if the user will be able to do this. Is there another way? Third party app such as xmerge or are these days gone?

If you want to allow a user to do this you have to do a couple of things: 1. Create a new-rolegroup New-ManagementRole -Name "User Import Export" -Parent "Mailbox Import Export" 2. This is the most important part. If want the users to export everyones mailbox well, you don't need a scope. If you want to allow the users to only export certain users, use a scope. There are all kinds of things you can filter on but here is one example: Create a New-ManagementScope -Name "Export Mailboxes" -RecipientRoot "contoso.com/users" -RecipientRestrictionFilter {RecipientType -eq "UserMailbox"} 3. Run New-RoleGroup -Name Export-Mailbox -Roles "User Import Export" -CustomRecipientWriteScope Export Mailboxes -Members user1, user2 4. Install the management tools on their workstation or just use RBACGUI http://rbac.codeplex.com/ instead of running the RBAC commands Chris Crandall - CB5 Solutions Exchange 2010 MCM - Office 365 MCM - MCT cbfive.com

Great information from Christopher, however one thing to keep in mind is that the New-MailboxExportRequest is not something for an end user to work with, this is an administrative tool only.If you want to allow the user to Export their own mailbox, then just do so via Outlook.If you want a GUI based 3rd party product to take action against an offline database as well as a production Exchange server check out Lucid8's DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp but again this is a very powerful tool and not really meant for end user operation Troy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

I agree with Troy if this is a one off situation the other option is, give mailbox permissions to the end-user that is exporting the user's mailbox that is no longer at the company. They can use Outlook to connect to the mailbox and export the mailbox content to a pst. Once the user has moved the mail content, remove the mailbox permissions. Add mailbox permissions http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996343.aspx Connect Shared Mailbox http://www.tr.txstate.edu/get-connected/computerservices/e-mail-setup/outlook2010-shared.htmlChris Crandall - CB5 Solutions Exchange 2010 MCM - Office 365 MCM - MCT cbfive.com