Export mailbox from Exchange DB to pst file without Enterprise Vault links

[kentdmx]

Hello

I have this problem that when I export a mailbox from Exchange database to pst file I also get the EV links in the pst file. Is there a way to do a regular mailbox export without getting these EV links attached to the pst file? I would really appreciate if anybody could devote some time to this issue of mine.

kind regards

Kent 

[Rob_Wilcox1]

You have a few options ...

- Use redemption or similar to roll-your-own code to it

- Use a product (like the one described here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/835833de-35dd-4e0e-83a4-c04f46446d5d/expor...)

- Create a search folder of all mail items, then drag-and-drop-copy them to an attached PST file

[Rob_Wilcox1]

FWIW it doesn't look you can do it natively in Exchange, unless it changed in later versions:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998579.aspx

[MichelZ]

Or you could export the Enterprise Vault archive to the mailbox first, then delete all the shortcuts, and then export it to pst.

[Elio_C]

As mentioned above you can remove the shortcuts from the mailbox before exporting, run somethign similar to the below shell command to remove the shortcuts from the mailbox:

Search-Mailbox -Identity $UserName -SearchQuery “IPM.NOTE.EnterpriseVault.Shortcut” -DeleteContent

(read up on the command as you can add a "-EstimateResultOnly" switch or run it on "-LogOnly" mode, you can also add a targetmailbox/targetfolder option to copy the content to another mailbox in case you need it.)

Then exmerge/new-mailboxexportrequest the mailbox to PST.

I've not come across a way to export everything from a mailbox excluding a messageclass (the EV shortcuts)

[KaileaVernius]

yes it is ofcourse possible!! Using Exchange powershell command its possible, so now depending on the version of Exchange server use the appropriate cmdlet ( like this one is explianed here: http://www.wikihow.com/Export-Exchange-2010-Mailboxes-to-PST-Files )