Export a specific mailbox on an Exchange server to a PST file. You can use it to create backups, to copy data or whatever.
Tested with Exchange 2016.
You might want to copy these files to e.g. C:\pst-export
Edit all the files and replace user names, server names, path names, codes and email addresses specific for your environment.
Afer some testing you might want to enable a scheduled task. Example XML code is included.
For mail notifications you might want to copy bmail.exe in the same folder. Bmail is a command-line mailer; see bmail.
To import a PST file, you need another set of commands.
You are Administrator. Open a PowerShell with the Exchange extensions loaded. First, make sure to assign the role. Then you enable a mailbox, and finally you can create the import request.
New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Mailbox Import Export" -User Administrator
Enable-Mailbox -Identity SOMEUSER
New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox SOMEUSER -FilePath "\\localhost\C$\BACKUPS\SOMEUSER.pst"
To show the progress of the work, do: Get-MailboxImportRequest
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