A disconnected mailbox is actually an orphaned mailbox – a mailbox that is not linked to an Active Directory user account. When administrators disable or delete a mailbox either from EAC or from Exchange management shell (using Disable-Mailbox or Remove-Mailbox cmdlet), the mailbox gets disabled for a period of 30 days (and gets deleted permanently thereafter) if they…

While adding data to Exchange mailboxes, the size of the Exchange database increases naturally. But, when it comes to deleting data, the size of the Exchange database may not reduce necessarily – it may remain the same. For example, let’s say that you remove 4GB of data from the 30GB Exchange database, so the expected…

Exchange administrators always need to be prepared against server crashes and data loss situations, though Exchange is far more secure because of Database Availability Groups(DAGs). There are different recovery methods by which administrators can recover a server even after crashes. Due to the integration with Active Directory, it is possible to rebuild the configuration of…

Exchange Server disasters can happen despite all the precautionary measures taken by the administrators. Fortunately, there are many professional Exchange recovery tools that help in dealing with such situations. Still, many experienced administrators keep regular backups so that everything can be recovered after Exchange crashes. This two-part article shows you how to use the backup…

Organizations cannot afford to lose their Exchange data after corruption and server crashes. In most occasions, database corruption occurs without any warning. Though highly efficient solutions are available for Exchange recovery, many administrators like to keep backups for their Exchange data so that they can use them in case of eventualities. Administrators can use the…