{"id":1847,"date":"2016-03-16T20:52:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2016-03-16T20:52:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:52:04","slug":"how-to-move-mailboxes-in-exchange-server-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1847","title":{"rendered":"How to Move Mailboxes in Exchange Server 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mailbox moves in previous versions of Exchange were interactive in nature, in that a wizard, script or shell command was used to move the mailbox and it occured in real time.<\/p>\n<p>In Exchange Server 2010 mailbox moves are now handled using move requests.\u00a0 In short, the move request is submitted into a queue and processed by the Mailbox Replication Service (MRS), which runs on Client Access servers.<\/p>\n<p>Exchange 2010 mailbox move requests can be created using either the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating Move Requests using the Exchange Management Console<\/li>\n<li>Using Filters to Choose Mailboxes for Move Requests<\/li>\n<li>Creating Move Requests using the Exchange Management Shell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are only a few minor differences between the console and shell for performing mailbox moves, for the most part it comes down to which one you are most comfortable with.<\/p>\n<h2>CREATING MOVE REQUESTS USING THE EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE<\/h2>\n<p>Launch the Exchange Management Console and navigate to <strong>Recipient Configuration\/Mailbox<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Select a mailbox, or hold the CTRL key to select multiple mailboxes to move as a group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2624\" title=\"Selecting mailboxes to move in the Exchange Management Console\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-01.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-01-450x325.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-01.png 600w\" alt=\"Selecting mailboxes to move in the Exchange Management Console\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selecting mailboxes to move in the Exchange Management Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the Actions pane click on <strong>New Local Move Request<\/strong>.\u00a0 Local Move Requests are for moves within the same Exchange organization.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2625\" title=\"Start a new Local Move Request\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-02.png\" alt=\"Start a new Local Move Request\" width=\"296\" height=\"198\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start a new Local Move Request<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All of the mailboxes selected for the New Local Move Request wizard will be moved to the same target mailbox database.\u00a0 Click the <strong>Browse<\/strong> button to choose a target mailbox database.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2626\" title=\"Browse to select a target mailbox database\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-03.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-03-450x319.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-03.png 478w\" alt=\"Browse to select a target mailbox database\" width=\"478\" height=\"339\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Browse to select a target mailbox database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Select the mailbox database to move the pilot group to and then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\u00a0 Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2627\" title=\"Choose the target mailbox database\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-04.png\" alt=\"Choose the target mailbox database\" width=\"353\" height=\"212\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choose the target mailbox database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leave the <strong>Move Settings<\/strong> as the default settings and click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.\u00a0 If you encounter issues with corrupt items you may need to create a new move request for those mailboxes and choose to skip corrupted messages.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2628\" title=\"Configure the settings for the mailbox move requests\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-05.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-05-450x222.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-05.png 471w\" alt=\"Configure the settings for the mailbox move requests\" width=\"471\" height=\"233\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Configure the settings for the mailbox move requests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Review the list of mailboxes that will be moved and then click <strong>New<\/strong> to create the move requests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2629\" title=\"Review the mailboxes to be moved\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-06.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-06-450x294.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-06.png 472w\" alt=\"Review the mailboxes to be moved\" width=\"472\" height=\"309\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Review the mailboxes to be moved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to close the wizard.<\/p>\n<p>The move requests are created and will be processed by the Exchange server.\u00a0 You can view the status of the move requests in the Exchange Management Console under <strong>Recipient Configuration\/Move Request<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2630\" title=\"View the status of the mailbox move requests\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-07-600x135.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-07-450x101.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-07-600x135.png 600w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-07.png 829w\" alt=\"View the status of the mailbox move requests\" width=\"600\" height=\"135\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View the status of the mailbox move requests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Right-click a move request and choose <strong>Properties<\/strong> to see the status of that move request.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2631\" title=\"View the progress of a mailbox move request\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-emc-08.png\" alt=\"View the progress of a mailbox move request\" width=\"444\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View the progress of a mailbox move request<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>USING FILTERS TO CHOOSE MAILBOXES FOR MOVE REQUESTS<\/h2>\n<p>When performing mailbox migrations you can use filters to make the task of selecting mailboxes to be moved simpler.<\/p>\n<p>Open the <strong>Exchange Management Console<\/strong> and navigate to <strong>Recipient Configuration\/Mailbox<\/strong>.\u00a0 Click on <strong>Create Filter<\/strong> at the top of the console.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2632\" title=\"Creating filters in the Exchange Management Console\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-01.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-01-450x245.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-01.png 593w\" alt=\"Creating filters in the Exchange Management Console\" width=\"593\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creating filters in the Exchange Management Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filters can be created for a number of different user attributes, such as department, the current server they are on, or by name.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2633\" title=\"Choosing filter criteria\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-02.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-02-450x315.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-02.png 600w\" alt=\"Choosing filter criteria\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choosing filter criteria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For example, if you are batching mailbox migrations by surname you can create a filter to only show mailbox users whose surname starts with a given letter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2634\" title=\"Applying filters in Exchange Management Console\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-03.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-03-450x42.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-03.png 600w\" alt=\"Applying filters in Exchange Management Console\" width=\"600\" height=\"57\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Applying filters in Exchange Management Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Click on <strong>Apply Filter<\/strong> to see the resulting view.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2635\" title=\"A filtered view of mailboxes in the Exchange Management Console\" src=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-04.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-04-450x268.png 450w, http:\/\/exchangeserverpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/exchange-2010-mailbox-move-request-filter-04.png 600w\" alt=\"A filtered view of mailboxes in the Exchange Management Console\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A filtered view of mailboxes in the Exchange Management Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filtering the views in this way can make it very easy to select the mailboxes that you wish to create move requests for.<\/p>\n<h2>CREATING MAILBOX MOVE REQUESTS WITH THE EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT SHELL<\/h2>\n<p>In a similar way to the Exchange Management Console the Exchange Management Shell allows filtering of mailboxes in the organization by various criteria.<\/p>\n<p>For example to get the same filtered list of mailbox users with surnames starting with the letter A the following command is used:<\/p>\n<pre>[PS] C:\\&gt;Get-Recipient | Where {$_.LastName -like \"A*\"}\r\n\r\nName                                                        RecipientType\r\n----                                                        -------------\r\nAmanda.Agrawal                                              UserMailbox\r\nDavid.Abbott                                                UserMailbox\r\nDebbie.Abdillahi                                            UserMailbox\r\nDebbie.Amissah                                              UserMailbox\r\nDebbie.Ashong                                               UserMailbox\r\nDebbie.Askew                                                UserMailbox\r\nDenise.Ahadi                                                UserMailbox\r\nDonna.A'Bear                                                UserMailbox\r\nElla.Amaral                                                 UserMailbox\r\nJanis.Armoogum                                              UserMailbox\r\nJo.Allingham                                                UserMailbox\r\nKathy.Abdullahi                                             UserMailbox\r\nLesley.Ahmad                                                UserMailbox\r\nSue.Andress                                                 UserMailbox\r\nValerie.Andrews                                             UserMailbox\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>This output can then be piped into the New-MoveRequest command to create the move requests.<\/p>\n<pre>Get-Recipient | Where {$_.LastName -like \"A*\"} | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase MB-HO-01\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>In the above example the mailbox users whose surnames starting with the letter A have new move requests created to migrate them to the database MB-HO-01.<\/p>\n<p>If the same command was used but without the \u2013TargetDatabase parameter, the mailboxes being moved would be automatically distributed across the available databases within the same Active Directory site as the server that the command is being executed from. The exception to this is any mailbox databases that have been excluded from automatic mailbox provisioning.<\/p>\n<p>As another example, this command when run on ESP-HO-EX2010B will create move requests for all mailbox users on the legacy server ESP-HO-EX2003 and automatically distribute the mailboxes across the Exchange 2010 mailbox databases in the site where ESP-HO-EX2010B is located.<\/p>\n<pre>Get-Recipient | where {$_.ServerName -eq \"esp-ho-ex2003\"} | New-MoveRequest\r\n<\/pre>\n<p class=\"alert\">Automatic distribution of mailboxes across available databases is only possible when using the Exchange Management Shell to initiate the move requests. Using the Exchange Management Console requires you to specify a target database for the mailboxes being moved.<\/p>\n<p>The Exchange Management Shell can also be used to monitor the progress of move requests. For example this command will list all move requests that have a target database of MB-HO-01.<\/p>\n<pre>[PS] C:\\&gt;Get-MoveRequest | where {$_.targetdatabase -eq \"MB-HO-01\"} | Get-MoveRequestStatistics\r\n\r\nDisplayName               Status                    TotalMailboxSize          TotalArchiveSize         PercentComplete\r\n-----------               ------                    ----------------          ----------------         ---------------\r\nJoanna Hughes             Queued                    204 MB (213,900,039 by...                          0\r\nJoy Singh                 Queued                    201.6 MB (211,394,039 ...                          0\r\nLaoise Curtis             Queued                    203.4 MB (213,259,972 ...                          0\r\nMaggie Hengist            Queued                    201.5 MB (211,268,161 ...                          0\r\nLydia Haines              Queued                    202.9 MB (212,717,146 ...                          0\r\nMichael Phillips          Queued                    204.5 MB (214,421,891 ...                          0\r\nNancy Scott               Queued                    200.7 MB (210,499,528 ...                          0\r\nRavi Edmonds              Queued                    201.6 MB (211,396,972 ...                          0\r\nPakwei Dean               Queued                    201.9 MB (211,688,603 ...                          0\r\nRowena Khan               Queued                    203.9 MB (213,824,471 ...                          0\r\nPrathee Dar               Queued                    201.9 MB (211,671,241 ...                          0\r\nSharmila Hafri            Queued                    203.1 MB (213,003,913 ...                          0\r\nStuart Beauchamp          Queued                    206.8 MB (216,879,621 ...                          0\r\nWendy Fyson               Queued                    202.3 MB (212,077,416 ...                          0\r\nTina Miller               Queued                    203.2 MB (213,039,339 ...                          0\r\nJas Dowden                InProgress                201.2 MB (210,950,587 ...                          79\r\nJagir Ward                InProgress                201.1 MB (210,838,575 ...                          79\r\nAisha Bhari               Completed                 0 B (0 bytes)                                      100\r\nAndrew O'Grady            Completed                 204.2 MB (214,083,224 ...                          100\r\nDenise Dartnell           Completed                 204.8 MB (214,717,706 ...                          100\r\nGarth Gibbons             Completed                 203.4 MB (213,254,283 ...                          100\r\nHarinder Rahman           Completed                 203.8 MB (213,746,554 ...                          100\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mailbox moves in previous versions of Exchange were interactive in nature, in that a wizard, script or shell command was used to move the mailbox and it occured in real time. In Exchange Server 2010 mailbox moves are now handled using move requests.\u00a0 In short, the move request is submitted into a queue and processed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exchange-2007","category-exchange-2010","category-exchange-2013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1848,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}