Export Recoverable Deleted Items folder to a PST file
Today I had a user ask to restore some deleted messages from a mailbox. They were unable to see the messages anywhere in the mailbox, including the Deleted Items folder. To find out whether the messages were available to recover…
Export messages from a mailbox that were sent or received on or after a specific date
I have a requirement to export all messages from an Exchange mailbox that were sent or received after a specific date to a PST file. This was easy to achieve using the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet and specifying the dates within the…
Couldn’t find the Enterprise Organization container when using New-MailboxExportRequest
While using the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell I encountered the following error: Couldn’t find the Enterprise Organization container This issue occurs if the user running the New-MailboxExportRequest command isn’t assigned the Mailbox Import Export role. There wasn’t…

Export an Online Archive to PST using PowerShell
Yesterday I received a request to export an online archive to a PST file. This is easily done using the New-MailboxExportRequest command with the IsArchive parameter. Here is an example: New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox “Dave Webb” -IsArchive -FilePath “\\server\share\davewebb-archive.pst”