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Search Exchange 2013/2016 for emails and put into a PST file (Powershell!)
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search.ps1
# Search All mailbox's on the server:
Get-mailboxserver -identity "SERVERNAME" | search-mailbox -searchquery "Search query as you would type it in Outlook" -targetmailbox "USERNAMEOFTARGETMAILBOX" -TargetFolder "NEWFOLDERTOPUTSEARCHIN" -loglevel full
# Search One mailbox on the server:
search-mailbox -Identity "USERNAME" -searchquery "Search query as you would type it in Outlook" -targetmailbox "USERNAMEOFTARGETMAILBOX" -TargetFolder "NEWFOLDERTOPUTSEARCHIN" -loglevel full
# Explination:
# USERNAMEOFTARGETMAILBOX - The mailbox the search results will be pulled into. (E.G: administrator)
# NEWFOLDERTOPUTSEARCHIN - The folder to put the search results in. (E.G: New Folder For Emails)
# Export the above to PST:
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox "USERNAMEOFTARGETMAILBOX" -IncludeFolders "NEWFOLDERTOPUTSEARCHIN" -FilePath \\localhost\D$\path\to\store\pst
## Be sure to change filepath to match your needs in the export!
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