Though there are some manual recovery methods, such as running complex Exchange Management Shell commands to recover Exchange database mailboxes from a recovery database/backup file, or using the Exchange Admin Center interface to connect the deleted or disconnected Exchange mailboxes, or reconnecting the mailboxes using the Exchange Server Manager on the system. Those who try their hands at them except for the technical experts and Exchange professionals, soon find that these methods are the most complex ways to recover mailboxes from Exchange Server.
Also, the manual method of reconnecting a mailbox fails when you need to recover mailboxes from an old, corrupt EDB file. To simplify the recovery process, Exchange administrators often rely on a professional Exchange Server recovery tool, like Kernel for Exchange Server. This tool offers the ability to recover single as well as multiple mailboxes from Exchange Server and saves them to multiple destinations like Outlook PST, Office 365 and live Exchange Server. You will find that recovery using this tool is smooth and error-free.
How to recover multiple mailboxes in Exchange Server?
Use the following steps to recover mailboxes from the Exchange Server database file:
- Launch the software. Select the Offline EDB option from the given options.
- Choose the Offline EDB File option again and click Next.
- Click the browse button and select the EDB for mailbox recovery. Then, click Next to proceed.
- Select the scanning mode as per corruption level, then click Next.
- The tool will scan and load all the mailboxes from the offline EDB file. Click Finish to view data.
- Right-click on the added EDB file and select the option Export Mailboxes to PST.
- Choose the mailboxes to restore (single or multiple). Apply filters and other settings, then specify where to save the output PST file. Finally, click Export to start the recovery.
So, you now know that it is a very easy task for software to recover multiple mailboxes from any Exchange Server database.
Bottom Lines
Though users try manual solutions first for Exchange data recovery, they usually encounter a lot of difficulties. So, instead of trying those risky methods to recover multiple mailboxes in Exchange Server, try the Exchange Server recovery tool from Kernel. This tool even allows you to repair EDB files affected by corruption and restore the mailboxes with complete data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I recover a deleted mailbox using the Exchange Admin Center?
Ans: You can connect a deleted mailbox to a new user Active Directory account, but to restore the deleted mailbox, you must use the New-MailboxRestoreRequest cmdlet in Exchange Management PowerShell (EMS).
Q: Can I mount an Exchange Server 2013 EDB file in Exchange Server 2019?
Ans: No, Exchange Server does not allow you to mount an EDB file created on Exchange version 2013 into the modern Exchange Server version 2019. The information store will refuse to recognize the file and reject the EDB mount request.
Q: How to extract mailboxes from an orphaned EDB file?
Ans: Since orphaned EDB files cannot be mounted to an active Exchange Server, manual methods of mailbox extraction are not possible. In this case, you must use an EDB to PST converter tool to read and export mailboxes from the offline EDB file.
