Guide to Restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder

In Exchange program, if you delete a mailbox, it is disconnected for a default period of 30 days (the mailbox retention period), and You can reconnect the mailbox to the original user account or another user account if needed. The mailbox is permanently deleted from the database when the retention period of the mailbox is ending up. You can also permanently delete the mailbox by selecting an option to purge it at any time. But, what if you need to restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder from the recovery database. Further, we are going to discuss some methods to recover Exchange 2010 mailbox effectively.

Note: Users can use the advanced software which easily recovers permanently or hard deleted Exchange database mailboxes and data items from loaded offline/dismounted Exchange database file. The Exchange Recovery Software provides advance scanning mode that helps the Exchange and naive users to recover deleted mailbox after retention period with no data loss and export the recovered Exchange mailboxes to Live Exchange Server, Office 365, and different file formats.

Quick Glance on Target Folder

The target folder parameter specifies the mailbox folder i.e., created on the mailbox specified. This parameter is needed if, the mailbox being restored is different from the target mailbox. (For example, the value specified with the Identity parameter is not the exact value specified with the recovery mailbox parameter.) In this scenario, the Restore-Mailbox command performs a join. If the values are the same, the Target Folder parameter is not necessary.

Type	String
Position	Named
Default Value	None
Accept Pipeline Input	False
Accept Wildcard Characters	False
Applies to	Exchange Server 2010

Restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder Manually

The user can recover mailbox Exchange 2010 into the target and specific folder effectively. The manual approach is divided into two workarounds. A user can opt any one of them as per their requirement. Using “Powershell Command” and “EAC”. Both workarounds are outlined below in described manner. A user just needs to follow all the steps in a sequenced manner to get a better outcome.

Workaround 1: Using Powershell Command

A user can use below-listed command to restore mailbox Exchange 2010 target folder.

• Restore-Mailbox

[-Identity]
[-RecoveryDatabase
[-RecoveryMailbox
[-TargetFolder
[-BadItemLimit ]
[-ExcludeFolders <MapiFolderPath[]>]
[-IncludeFolders <MapiFolderPath[]>]

Workaround 2: Using Exchange Admin Center (EAC)

Step 1: Firstly, you have to go “Recipients” then choose mailboxes in EAC. Now, select a mailbox by hitting on that and then navigate to the Action Pane at the right side and then select To another database link at the bottom in Move Mailbox section.

Step 2: Here, choose mailboxes which one you need to move to other database and select on “Next” button to proceed forward.

Step 3: In this step, you will see a New Migration batch window. Just add “New migration” batch name and choose any radio button as per your choice. Here, I have opted Move the Primary mailbox and the archive mailbox if one exists.

Step 4: Afterwards, opt an option to “Target Database” by clicking on “Browse” button. If you need to move mailboxes to the archive database then you may choose an archive database by selecting browse button. Leave Bad Item Limit as 10 and hit on Next button to restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder from recovery database.

Step 5: You have to give at least one recipient to get notification emails of moving mailbox procedure. In this instance, I have chosen an “Administrator” as a recipient. After selecting a recipient to choose automatically start batch option and then again select automatically complete the migration batch option to restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder.

Step 6: Finally, select “New” to begin the procedure of move mailboxes.

Effortless Way to Restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder Instantly

There is no surety that the above-mentioned manual approach is working in an appropriate manner. So, we come up with an alternate way to recover Exchange database mailbox 2010 target and specific folder. The advanced tool i.e. Exchange Recovery Software quickly restore and recover Exchange Server Mailboxes (EDB).

The dual scanning mode (Quick and Advance scan) of this utiltiy recovers and repair EDB file from corruption. The advance scan mode also recovers purged Excahnge database mailboxes and data items witout any loss of data.

It supports private & public folder EDB file and STM file. The software is capable to export several types of Exchange mailboxes such as: disconnected, user, shared, archive, legacy and items: mails, tasks, contacts, journals, calendars, notes directly to Live Exchange Server, O365, and PST, EML, HTMl, MBOX, PDF, MSG file formats. Also, users can easily migrate public folders to office 365 and other export option in a simplified way.

This software facilitates an option to date and time-based filtering to restore Exchange emails of 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, etc., of a certain period. The tool is equipped with advanced technology so, it is capable enough to restore the Exchange mailbox 2010 target folder.

Key Features Of Automated Utility

1. Recover deleted emails from Exchange mailboxes
2. Tool restore Exchange Private and Public Folders
3. Retains folder hierarchy and keep metadata intact during the recovery
4. Preview Microsoft Exchange database mailbox items before conversion
5. Renders to remove encryption from Exchange mailbox i.e. (SMIME/OpenPGP)
6. Suitable with Exchange Server & MS Outlook (2003-2019) version and Windows OS – Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10

Stepwise Method to Restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder

Step 1: Initially, run the software into your local machine > Select “Add File” to add the EDB file 

Step 2: You can see the storage path of the EDB file. The software furnishes two modes for scanning: Quick and Advance.

Quick scanning mode: Facilitates faster recovery of mailboxes or folders from Exchange database files like EDB.
Advance mode: If you are unable to view the data after using quick scan mode or if the .edb file is highly corrupted. You should have to use the Advance scan mode.

Hit on “Add” button to restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder from the recovery database.

Step 3: Preview the Exchange mailboxes and items > Click on the “Export” button to export the EDB files

Step 4: Select EDB mailboxes > Choose “Live Exchange” radio button to import the EDB file to Exchange online mailbox. You mainly required to configure Live Exchange settings. Select “Advanced Settings” to restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder.

Step 5: You have to configure Live Exchange settings like:

Exchange Settings

• Admin Credentials: Enter SMTP address and password of the administrator user. If you uncheck this option then you will need to enter destination username and password for each user at the next step.
• Server Version: Opt version of destination Exchange Server where you need to migrate.
• IP Address: You have to add IP addresses of systems, where Exchange Server and Active Directory are downloaded.

Step 7: You can select Enter Destination Mailbox option for migrating the EDB file to Live Exchange > Click on the Next button

Step 8: After that, the utility will prompt for Exchange mailbox name. Give the valid Exchange mailbox shown in the below-outlined image. Now the mailbox will be validated.

Step 9: Hit on the export button to begin the process and after completion of the process. You can save the Export report with Success and Fail Count of the file. Hit on “Save” button. You can preview the migrated data to the target folder.

Summing Up

In this article, we have discussed the methods to restore Mailbox Exchange 2010 Target Specific Folder from a recovery database. Mainly, we discussed the procedure using to ways, one is using Powershell commands and Exchange Admin Centre. But, the manual solution contains some drawbacks that affect the whole procedure very badly. So, it is advised you to choose an alternate method such as third-party software which is discussed above. This is able to recover Exchange 2010 mailbox instantly. Apart from this, it totally depends on the user which one they want to choose for performing the procedure.