Moving Mailboxes the Exchange 2010 Way

With ever-growing mailboxes in mind, Microsoft has delivered a method for online moves

You probably know that you can't upgrade in-place to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from older versions of Exchange, so moving mailboxes is the only way to migrate user data to the new platform. Although the move mailboxes concept isn't new, the implementation in Exchange 2010 incorporates some innovative aspects to ease migrations. This article reviews how the Exchange 2010 move mailbox feature works and shows why the new approach taken by Microsoft makes a real difference.  ...

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Discuss this Article 5

martijn.westera
on Mar 6, 2010
Hi,

Nice article. Unfortunately, an online mailbox move is not possible when migrating from Exchange 2003. Therefore I'm missing a simple schedule move mailbox option. All an admin wants is to schedule a large Exchhange 2003 mailbox move batch for the evening to begin moving mailbox data.

Regards, Martijn
LakeGator
on Mar 7, 2010
The approach I take (in Exchange 2007) is to use Scheduled Tasks using a PowerShell script that takes its list of mailboxes from a CSV file.

Its nice to see that Anil still has an active mailbox. Maybe that explains why Tony doesn't look really happy in his mug shot. (';

Thanks for the, as always, enlightening article,
don
LakeGator
on Mar 6, 2010
The approach I take (in Exchange 2007) is to use Scheduled Tasks using a PowerShell script that takes its list of mailboxes from a CSV file.

Its nice to see that Anil still has an active mailbox. Maybe that explains why Tony doesn't look really happy in his mug shot. (';

Thanks for the, as always, enlightening article,
don

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Exchange Server 2010 Project Plan

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Planning


A First Look at Echange 2010

Exchange 2010 SP1: More Than a Simple Upgrade

Exchange Server Deployment Options

Preparing to Deploy Exchange 2010

Advancements in Exchange 2010 and Communications Server "14"

Planning for Exchange Server 2010 Personal Archives

Load Testing with Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010: Can You Have Too Much RAM?

Session 1: Bigger Mailboxes, Fewer Disks, Less Money

Migrating


Migrating from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2010: A Small Organization Perspective

Going Virtual with Exchange 2010

Exchange Server's Client Access: An Introduction

Exchange Server's Client Access: Deploying Your Servers

Session 2: Virtualization The Straight Scoop

Exchange Server's Client Access: Load-Balancing Your Servers

Exchange Server’s Client Access: Securing Your Servers

Moving Mailboxes the Exchange 2010 Way

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Mailbox Import and Export

Working with the Features of Exchange 2010


Mastering Exchange Server 2010’s Exchange Control Panel

Exchange 2010: High Availability with DAGs

Deploying Database Availability Groups in Exchange Server 2010

What’s New In Exchange 2010 & Remote PowerShell

Exchange Server’s Client Access: Server Administration

Exchange Server 2010 Role Based Access Control

Auditing Administrators’ Actions with Exchange 2010

Database Maintenance in Exchange Server 2010 SP1

Information Rights Management in Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 High Availability

Walkthrough of Exchange 2010 DAG Creation

Multi-Mailbox Search in Exchange Server 2010

Exchange 2010 MRM: Implementing New Retention Policies

Exchange 2010 MRM: How to Modify and Reduce Help Desk Calls About Retention Policies

Manipulating Mailbox Contents in Exchange 2010

More Exchange 2010 SP1 Mailbox Cmdlets

Prevent Problems with Exchange Server 2010's MailTips

OWA Customization in Exchange 2010

Exchange Server 2010: A New Mobile Frontier

Unified Messaging in Exchange 2010

Session 3: Exchange Management Shell