Hi All, Is there a way one can automate outlook 2007 to start, export all public folders as PST file and close via windows batch / powershell ? I am doing this weekly, but would be helpful if we could do this daily after hours. I have tried google and it reveals nothing which would automate this process or is there a way we can Export Public Folders via Exchange Shell command line ? What methods is everyone using to backup public folders ? We do have backup in place (backing up the whole exchange box) Will be grateful for your assistance.

There are 3rd party products that can help, but I dont see the point of archiving everything to a pst. http://www.slipstick.com/exs/archive.asp If you are doing full backups and have deleted item retention set, why the need to do this?

There are 3rd party products that can help, but I dont see the point of archiving everything to a pst. http://www.slipstick.com/exs/archive.asp If you are doing full backups and have deleted item retention set, why the need to do this? Hi Andy Thank you for your reply, can you point out which tool you refer to at the website (slipstick.com) ? Also, it will take the backup software quite a bit of time to restore one public folder in-case it gets deleted, so I usually do a export to pst from outlook on my machine.... Is it possible to control outlook via Batch file / powershell and export public folders to pst - so I can schedule it too ? Not worried about the mailboxes on this site as the backup software has GRT but only for Mailboxes On Another site - I am looking to schedule a PS-script to Export mailboxes to a un-used storage (NAS ) they have ... Thanks Again ! These forums are good source of learning ! Kind Regards

Hi RIHATUM, Per your description, you want to backup the public folder information for the users, if they want to recover something, right? Per my known, there are some methods to backup the public folder database, and there are methods about how to recover the information from the backup. Such as ntbackup and server backup, you could use them to backup the database what you want. Some information for you: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124515(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998870(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221172(EXCHG.80).aspx If you want to back up the items to PST file, you may be use some third party software. Regards! Gavin