Hi there,

       I have disbaled a mailbox using the PowerShell Command

            Disable-mailbox  -identity  dev@domain1.com

      Now I want to see all disabled mailboxes, How to do that ?

      I can't see this disabled mailbox in Disconnected Mailboxes in EMC.

      best regards,

      Laeeq

Hi there,

                     After alot of testing on my system I came to know that

                        after disabling a mailbox this mailbox  will be displayed in "Disconnected Mailbox" in Exchange Management Console only if this mailbox is accessed once ( ie. user logged in to that mailbox atleast once). All the mailboxes which are just created and haven't been logged in atleast once , will not be displayed in "Disconnected Mailbox" in EMC after being Disabled (either via Disable button on EMC or via Disable-mailbox Cmdlet in PowerShell).

                      Worse is that if we Disable a newly created mailbox (which has not been logged in (accessed) atleast once ) then we can't Enable  that mailbox again via Connect-mailbox Cmdlet (Nor this mailbox is displayed in EMC as I mentioned above). This way  that disabled mailbox is lost permanently.

                      Now I have two quries about it

                      1. Is there a way to programatically view all the disconnected mailboxes ?                                        

                      2. Is there a  way to programatically log in to a mailbox ( bcoz Exchange doesn't create a mailbox in mailbox store untill this mailbox is logged in).

                   best regards

                   Laeeq

#2: You might want to try Exchange Web Services. Here's some example scripts that might provide the basics of what you need to script something automated using SOAP:
http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2006/12...-2007.html

Hi,
Thanx Karl for your kind help.

I am working on a module to handel Enable/Disable mailbox, and for that I needed that all the mailboxes should also exist in mailbox database ( when we create a mailbox, a mail-enabled user is created in Exchange , and no mailbox is created in Exchange mailbox database, mailbox is only created in mailbox DB if a newly created mailbox is logged on or sent an email). Bcoz if I dsaibled a mailbox which is just created, and haven't been logged on or sent an email, then I can not get any info regarding it and it is also not displayed in Disconnected mailbox in EMC. For that scenario I need that all mailboxes should be created in Mailbox Database immediately.

Solution for this problem is
Test-MapiConnectivity -Identity user@domain.com

This cmdlet will log on to the mailbox that you specify using the credentials of the account with which you are logged on to the local computer. Hence my problem is solved , now I run Test-MapiConnectivity after creating a mailbox so that it is also created on Exchange Mailbox Database.

best regards
Laeeq

If anyone know, powershell script that enables all user mailboxes to warn them that their mailbox is over 700k. But it exclude the shared mailboxes as their settings will remain.

Sivakumar

PS script that lists all shared mailboxes.?

PS script that lists all shared mailboxes.?

get-mailbox -filter {IsShared -eq $true}

> PS script that lists all shared mailboxes.?

Get-Mailbox -RecipientTypeDetails SharedMailbox