Learn to Reconnect Disabled Archive Mailbox Exchange 2013

When a user deletes the mailbox from Exchange, that mailbox is still retained by the Exchange in the mailbox database and is switched to a disabled state. The Active Directory user account associated with the particular mailbox is also deleted. The disabled mailbox is retained in the database until the retention period expires which is 30 days by default. After the duration of these 30 days, it is permanently deleted from the database.  To Reconnect disabled archive mailbox exchange 2013, users can use EAC or the Exchange Management Shell to connect to an Active Directory user account until a deleted Mailbox is permanently removed from Exchange Mailbox database. Exchange Management Shell can also be used to restore the contents of the deleted Mailbox.


As we all know, Archive Mailbox Entity in Exchange database which is not linked with the Active directory client account is the one known as disabled/ Disconnected archive mailbox. Whenever the mailbox gets disabled,  it means that Exchange Mailbox Parameters are removed from the users of the corresponding Active directory, but that account still continues. There is a hope to reconnect disconnected archive mailbox exchange 2013 with Active Directory with the help of EMC or PowerShell commands.

User-Query
“Currently Exchange Server version 2013 is being operated in my office. A Few days back, I have disconnected some of the mailboxes. Now, unfortunately, I have to Reconnect disabled archive mailbox exchange 2013 due to an urgent need. Can anyone please suggest me any method on how to reconnect a disconnected archive mailbox in exchange 2013? Any help would be appreciated.”

Manual Techniques to Reconnect disabled archive mailbox in exchange 2013


Here, in this blog, we will discuss two Manual techniques to reconnect disconnected archive mailbox exchange 2013. The first one will be using the EAC and the second one will be done with the help of the Powershell.


Reconnect a Disconnected Archive Mailbox – Using EAC


To accomplish the above-discussed task in Exchange 2013, one has to follow the below-given instructions:
1. Navigate to Recipient Configuration → Disconnected Mailbox from Console tree
2. A new panel will pop up on the screen, where users need to select the personal archive folder which is to be connected to the source mailbox.
Note: If the desired destination archive folder is not available in the current panel. For this, you are required to restart the Exchange Services and execute Clean-MailboxDatabase Command which is associated with mailbox data containing personal archive.
3. From the Action section, Click on Connect to Primary.
4. Click Yes on the warning message which is asking, “Are you sure that you want to connect personal archive mailbox to a particular user”.

Reconnect a Disconnected Archive Mailbox – Using PowerShell

It is the common scenario where the users might not know the actual name of the disabled archive mailbox. In such situations, following commands can be used to see the disconnected archive mailbox from the database:

Get-MailboxDatabase “DB02” | Get-MailboxStatics | where ({ $_.Disconnect Date -ne  $null ) -and _($_.IsArchivemailbox -eq $true)} Format-List
where DB02 is the name of the mailbox database

Now, users are able to fetch the name of the disabled archive Exchange Database, Now reconnect disabled archive mailbox exchange 2013 using the following command:

Contact-Mailbox  -Identity “8734c04e-981e-4ccf-a547-1c1ac7ebf3e2”  -Archive -User “abc xyz” -Database “DB02” 

Here, we are simply trying to connect abc xyz to its primary items and applying GUID for personal archive mailbox identity.

Now a warning window will pop up on the screen which will indicate that you have to wait for Active Directory replication process to be completed.

Automated Alternative Solution


It could be a possibility that end users might be facing some issues while trying to reconnect disabled archive mailbox exchange 2013 with the help of EAC or PowerShell commands. Therefore, one can opt for Exchange Server Recovery Software which is the rapid and reliable way to link personal archive mailbox in Exchange Server. This method revolves around extraction from offline EDB files and enables its users to accomplish the task without any hassle.

Conclusion
If the Disconnected Archive Mailbox is out of the retention period, then it is not possible to retrieve it manually. This is so because there is no copy left in the Exchange 2013. Also, if a user is finding it difficult to apply the manual approaches, then they can go for Automated Solution ie. Exchange Recovery Software. This approach to reconnect disabled archive mailbox exchange 2013 does not require any technical knowledge and will not throw any negative impact on all the other programs present in the system.


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