Establishing Quotas for Exchange 2007 Mailboxes

Executive Summary:

Server capabilities are not the only concerns when setting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 mailbox quotas. Learn how disk capacity and performance, overhead, and backups affect mailbox quotas, and get formulas for calculating maximum database and mailbox sizes.

Over the past few years, users have been demanding increasingly larger mailboxes. Compared with a couple of years ago, today's users send and receive larger messages and more rich attachments such as Microsoft Office documents, multi-megapixel images, and even video. Users also expect more space for their mailboxes because they've become accustomed to having gigabytes of storage space from free services such as Hotmail and Gmail. But before you increase mailbox quotas, it makes sense to take a close look at users' needs and evaluate the impact of large mailboxes on your organization. . . .