Anybody who’s been involved with exchange servers for a long time, can tell that the native backup capabilities offered by them are very limited.So veteran exchange server administrators like myself often find ourselves using the only practical work around – ‘export to PST’ to get brick-level backup.
Quick Solution
EdbMails for EDB to PST Converter is an free tool to convert online & offline corrupt and healthy EDB Files to PST, Live Exchange and Office 365.
Let’s look at what options we have for PST export. First and foremost is the powershell cmdlet – MailboxExportRequest. Something to remember when using this cmdlet is that it has two mandatory parameters, –FilePath and –Mailbox. Here –FilePath defines the path of the PST file to which you want the data to be exported to and –Mailbox is simply the name of the Mailbox.
For example :
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox <user> -FilePath \\<server FQDN>\<shared folder name>\<PST name>.pst
So all’s well and done but wait, the above example only shows how to export a single mailbox to PST file, what is multiple mailboxes have to be exported, as is often the case with backups. Well for that you will have to assign all mailboxes to a variable and then use that variable in conjunction with New-MailboxExportRequest to get desired result, however, at this juncture you might as well use the all powerful EdbMails EDB to PST Converter and get things done quickly and with minimal headache.
Over the years as an exchange admin, i’ve had chance to fiddle with almost every exchange recovery software but all of them lacked one thing or the other which i hold crucial.My quest ended once and for all with EdbMails EDB recovery tool. Let me just give you an idea as to why i’m in awe of this incredible tool :
Export to PST : It goes without saying that this is the most important exchange backup function there is and EdbMails does it flawlessly every single time.What more there is no size limitation for the export operation, the resultant PST can be split into multiple parts for convenience.
Extensive Filter options : Export exactly what you need with the extensive range of filter options baked into EdbMails.Apply date / time, subject, attachments and from / to address based filtering for PST extraction or Migration to Office 365 / Live Exchange server.
Wide support : Yes you heard it right EdbMails supports exchange versions 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 and 2003 databases.
One stop recovery solution : EdbMails supports offline EDB file (corrupted or Healthy file),
Office 365 Migration (Exchange Online), Exchange Server migration and also you can migrate Public folder EDB mailbox to office 365 / Live Exchange server , making it the one stop solution for all your exchange server recovery needs.
Exemplary GUI : The user interface of EdbMails is what sets it apart from many in the market, not only is it slick but also responsive. The contents of database you open are neatly arranged into different panes where you can select each item and quickly have a peek at what’s inside.
Availability
So what if you’re not convinced about the utility of EdbMails or fear it might not be up for the daunting recovery/restore operations you have planned? Worry not, head over to the EdbMails website and download the free edb to pst converter tool which has no size limitation and will let you extensively test the application, the only limitation of free version is that it doesn’t allow export of more than 30 items per mailbox/folder.
System requirements:
| Processor | Minimum 1 GHz processor |
| RAM | Minimum Memory Requirement – 512 MB |
| Disk Space | 20 MB of Free Space |
| Operating System(s) | Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 |
Quick Solution
EdbMails for EDB to PST Converter is an free tool to convert online & offline corrupt and healthy EDB Files to PST, Live Exchange and Office 365.
Some of EdbMails’s pros and cons based on my experience with it so far are as follows:
Advantages of EdbMails application:
- Non-English Unicode support
- Maintains the folder structure as similar to original EDB file
- Deep scanning and for Forensic recovery of corrupted databases
- Supports both Private (Priv) and Pubic (Pub) folder migration
- Supports Archive mailbox export to Live Exchange
Wrapping Up
EdbMails is the best thing that i have discovered in while, i would urge any exchange admin facing same dilemmas as i used to face, trying to export exchange databases to Outlook PST, to give EdbMails a chance – it is the most intuitive and professional exchange recovery currently in the market.