Retention Policies

Exchange 2010 Archive Mailbox Statistics PowerShell script

Here are some field notes from a recent Exchange 2010 Retention and Archive case. I have made a simple Exchange 2010 PowerShell script Get-ArchivedMBStats.ps1, that shows mailbox statistics for all mailboxes that have Online Archive enabled. It is great for following the progress of archiving of individual mailboxes. The output of the script is the following information about each mailbox with archive enabled: Mailbox Display Name Mailbox TotalItemSize (MB) Mailbox ItemCount Mailbox Database Mailbox RetentionPolicy Archive Display …

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License requirements for Personal Archive and Retention Policies

The Office team has posted a nice overview of the needed licenses for using Exchange 2010 Personal Archive and Retention Policies. To use Personal Archive or retention policies requires a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 account with Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) and one of the following Microsoft Outlook licenses. Read their post here.