How to use the Move Mailbox tool in Exchange Server 2003

If the Move Mailbox tool is multithreaded, how many threads can it create at the same time? How many mailboxes can the Mailbox Move tool move at the same time?

Can the Move Mailbox tool move mailboxes between earlier versions of Exchange, or can it only move mailboxes to or from Exchange 2003?

Can a mailbox move operation still be done from Exchange Tasks in Active Directory Users and Computers ?


This section provides exchange 2003 server support for how to use the new functionality of the Move Mailbox tool.

1. In Exchange 2003, start Exchange System Manager, select the mailboxes that you want to move (or select the users in Active Directory Users and Computers), and then click Exchange Tasks.
2. When the Exchange Task Wizard appears, click Move Mailbox , and then click Next.
3. Select the server and the mailbox store that you want to move the mailboxes to, and then click Next.
4. Click the action that you want the Move Mailbox tool to take if corrupted items are encountered during the mailbox move, and then click Next.
5. Select the start time and the finish time for the mailbox move, and then click Next.
6. The mailbox move is now underway. Note that all the selected mailboxes are moved at the same time (the percent of messages that have been moved increases on all the selected mailboxes at the same time).
7. After the mailbox move is complete, Exchange Task Wizard displays a summary of results of the task. If you want to view a detailed report of the Move Mailbox task, click to select the View detailed report when this wizard closes check box, and then click Finish.

Summary In this Server Support tips is used To use Exchange 2003 management tools, the schema must be updated by installing an Exchange 2003 server. Or, if you are using Exchange 2003 ESM or ADUC without having installed an Exchange 2003 server, you need to run Exchange 2003 Setup by using the /forestprep switch. If you do not update the schema, Move Mailbox will not work correctly.