pst folder into Outlook which looks like this. Once you click on open below dialogue box opens. Once you click on backup then select Open Backup as mentioned below.Ī dialogue box opens which looks similar to this. Now what?Īfter deleting emails outlook looks like this.Įmails are deleted however they are available with the user’s Backup PST. Getting that email from server side in this scenario is impossible. Next day morning the user delete some emails to realize “there goes my todays presentation” This is the location where I have my backup and it looks like this.
Now in the below screen I have sent few emails using Outlook 2007. I have set it to as follows.Ĭlick on Save Backup as below and you are done. Just click on Backup and follow the instructions as mentioned below.Ĭlick on Options and select how often you would like to take the backup.
Once you download the tool finish the setup which will probably take few seconds.īefore installing the tool when you open outlook and click on file it looks like this.Īfter installing pfbackup.exe an add-in gets installed in outlook which looks like this.Ī little configuration is needed in order for you to enable the backup process automatically when the user exits the Outlook Session.
Once you install the pfbackup it gets installed as an additional outlook add-ins and lets you perform the task when outlook is open. pst folder which is there in their own desktops. Using Personal Folders Backup every users can take backup of their. Once that is done you can configure the size limit for both. If you need to change the selection, make sure to click Finish, and then quit and restart Outlook for the changes to take effect. In the Deliver new e-mail to the following location list, make sure that the correct data file is selected.Ĥ. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.ģ. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.Ģ. This applies to those users who are not mobile users and they prefer accessing their Mailboxes using only outlook and not any other mode.ġ. Instead we are going to talk about end users protecting their own emails to a. In this topic we are not going to talk anything about Server Side backup.
Now both of this features requires little bit of User intervention as to when and how to take backup. Client side backup is known as moving emails from server to a Personal folder or to an Archive.pst. Server side backup is known as Information Store Backup using either Windows Server Backup or DPM. Keeping that in mind I’ve planned to take backup both from server side and client side. I tried my level best to get it from backup media, however the backup was no good and I ended up with failed restore.
I checked Server Retention settings to know it was “set to 0”. When a disaster strikes admins call Microsoft PSS assuming that the PSS engineer will assist them in restoring an email/database which is “Gone forever”.Īndrew called one fine morning stating his manager Jennifer deleted a few emails from her mailbox and she wants them immediately. I’ve seen 90% of the mid- sixed organizations never go for a backup neither plan for disaster recovery. Managing Exchange Database and Users emails requires very high understanding of how to Backup and Restore the Data when required. This article will definitely help Small to Medium sized companies with couple of hundred user mailboxes.