Hi Exchange experts

we use exchange 2010 over 2 years, exchange 2003 servers were retired over 1 year, but now we got a request to recover a disabled mailbox in old exchange 2003 system, how to do that?

should we need build a exchange 2003 environment? 

Thanks

Bruce

Hi Bruce, you can recover deleted or disable mailbox in old exchange 2003 by following Microsoft Technet Guide https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb808815.aspx

However, there are also few software which you can download to recover Exchange server mailbox. For e.g. http://www.stellarservertools.com/recover-exchange-mailbox.php

• Edited by Peter Gomes II 1 hour 52 minutes ago

Hi,

If you want to restore and recover old Exchange Server then i must recommend you to go for a trusted automated tool for ease your task instead of doing manually. For your reference i can recommend you one of tested to recover Exchange Server and backup restoration, must try http://www.exchangeserverrecovery.com/.

Hopefully my recommendation will help you.

Walter

• Edited by WalterRoz 1 hour 37 minutes ago edit

Hi Bruce, you can recover deleted or disable mailbox in old exchange 2003 by following Microsoft Technet Guide https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb808815.aspx

However, there are also few software which you can download to recover Exchange server mailbox. For e.g. http://www.stellarservertools.com/recover-exchange-mailbox.php

• Edited by Peter Gomes II Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:33 AM

Hi Bruce, you can recover deleted or disable mailbox in old exchange 2003 by following Microsoft Technet Guide https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb808815.aspx

However, there are also few software which you can download to recover Exchange server mailbox. For e.g. http://www.stellarservertools.com/recover-exchange-mailbox.php

• Edited by Peter Gomes II Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:33 AM
• Proposed as answer by Allen_WangJFMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, May 13, 2015 2:35 PM
• Marked as answer by Allen_WangJFMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:07 AM

Hi Bruce, you can recover deleted or disable mailbox in old exchange 2003 by following Microsoft Technet Guide https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb808815.aspx

However, there are also few software which you can download to recover Exchange server mailbox. For e.g. http://www.stellarservertools.com/recover-exchange-mailbox.php

• Edited by Peter Gomes II Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:33 AM
• Proposed as answer by Allen_WangJFMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, May 13, 2015 2:35 PM
• Marked as answer by Allen_WangJFMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:07 AM

Hi,

If you want to restore and recover old Exchange Server then i must recommend you to go for a trusted automated tool for ease your task instead of doing manually. For your reference i can recommend you one of tested to recover Exchange Server and backup restoration, must try http://www.exchangeserverrecovery.com/.

Hopefully my recommendation will help you.

Walter

• Edited by WalterRoz Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:48 AM edit

Hi,

If you want to restore and recover old Exchange Server then i must recommend you to go for a trusted automated tool for ease your task instead of doing manually. For your reference i can recommend you one of tested to recover Exchange Server and backup restoration, must try http://www.exchangeserverrecovery.com/.

Hopefully my recommendation will help you.

Walter

• Edited by WalterRoz Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:48 AM edit

Hey Bruce so to do this via the MS method you would need to have an Exchange 2003 server operational within your organization so that you could use the MS RSG method which Peter gave you a link to.  However that said you cannot just stand up a 2003 server to accomplish this since if the previous servers were probably already pulled from AD.  Therefore to accomplish this you really have a few options

1. Build a test network with Exchange 2003, DC's etc and ensure that its not connected to your live system.  You will also need to restore AD from from a point in time when the 2003's Exchange existed.  Once you get that up you can use the RSG method.

2. If you have the physical copies of the databases on disk you can use a 3rd party utility to access the offline EDB and then extract the Mailboxes to PST OR recover them to a production server.

3. If you only have backups on tape then you should look to see if they have an option to restore the raw files to an alternate location on disk.

3rd party utilities:  So there are a handful of utilities out there all varying in price and capabilities and we make one as well.  That said all utilities are not created equal so if you value getting the data back in a complete and accurate manner I would encourage you to steer away from the lower end tools.

Obviously we would like you to use our DigiScope product, however since you might think I am just trying to steer you towards DigiScope let me say that there are really only 3 tools on the market you can trust with your data which are Ontrack PowerControls, Dell/Quest Recovery Manager for Exchange and Lucid8's DigiScope.  Buy any one of these 3 and you will be happy with the results, anything else IMHO you should avoid if you value the accuracy of the data being recovered.

Hi Exchange experts

we use exchange 2010 over 2 years, exchange 2003 servers were retired over 1 year, but now we got a request to recover a disabled mailbox in old exchange 2003 system, how to do that?

should we need build a exchange 2003 environment? 

Thanks

Bruce

Exchange Database Recovery (EDB to PST) software is advanced and powerful solution that restores mailboxes/folders from inaccessible or corrupted Exchange database and easily convert EDB to PST format also. Read more information and free download click here http://edbrecoverytool.blogspot.com