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Export a mailbox to a target mailbox folder with EWS Managed API, in Exchange Online

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In case you have used Search-Mailbox to export your mailbox data into a target mailbox folder and you encountered issues, this solution may turn to be a good alternative.

 

Prerequisistes
-The script requires EWS Managed API 2.2, which can be downloaded here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=42951

-You will connect to the service with an Exchange Online mailbox that needs to be granted full access rights on the source and target mailboxes.

 

 

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$SourceMailbox = Read-Host -Prompt "Source mailbox"
$TargetMailbox = Read-Host -Prompt "Target mailbox"

Import-Module -Name "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange\Web Services\2.2\Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.dll"

$service = New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeService -ArgumentList Exchange2013_SP1

#Provide the credentials 
$credential = Get-Credential -Message "Provide the credentials of the Exchange Online mailbox that has full access permissions on the source and on the target mailboxes"
$service.Credentials = new-object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WebCredentials -ArgumentList $credential.UserName, $credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password

#Exchange Online URL
$service.Url= new-object Uri("https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx")


#Create the Target folder
$TargetFolderName = Read-Host -Prompt "Type the name of the Target folder"

$TargetMsgFolderRootId= new-object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderId([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::MsgFolderRoot,$TargetMailbox)

$TargetFolder = new-object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Folder($service)

$TargetFolder.DisplayName = $TargetFolderName

$TargetFolder.Save($TargetMsgFolderRootId)


#Source mailbox Traversal
$SourceFolderId= new-object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderId([Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::MsgFolderRoot,$SourceMailbox)

$FolderView = new-object Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FolderView(100)

$FolderView.Traversal = [Microsoft.Exchange.Webservices.Data.FolderTraversal]::Shallow

$FindFolderResults = $service.FindFolders($SourceFolderId,$FolderView)


foreach($Folder in $FindFolderResults.Folders)

{
Write-Host "Copying the $($Folder.DisplayName) folder to the target mailbox folder" -ForegroundColor White

$SourceFolder = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.Folder]::Bind($service,$Folder.Id)

$Folder.Copy($TargetFolder.Id)

Write-Host "The source folder and its subfolders were successfully copied under the specified target folder" -ForegroundColor White
}

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  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2017
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    • Anonymous
      November 26, 2017
      That would be because of EWS throttling in EXO.