Are you having trouble finding the solution to recover Exchange 2016 mailbox from corruption? If yes, you can read this write-up which provides solution and guide users to recover corrupted Exchange database mailbox. So, let’s get started!

Exchange mailbox is the crucial part of Microsoft Exchange Server as it stores essential information such as: mails, notes, contacts, calendars, tasks, journals, etc… which is very important for users and the company. All these Exchange data items and mailboxes are stored in the EDB file which is the main repository of the server and it is vulnerable to corruption.

When any Exchange database file gets corrupted or damaged then it becomes inaccessible and then users won’t be able to access the mailboxes and its items. It would disrupt the workflow too. As we discussed in the above section that Exchange data is very important for users or organization and if the information gets lost / deleted due to corruption or any other issue then they have to face its consequences such as:

  1. Face financial loss
  2. The clients or users start losing trust in them
  3. They have to face legal charges or penalties
  4. Its growth will start reducing
  5. Their reputation will be at stake
  6. Sometimes, in the worst situation, they run out of business

To avoid all these problems or issue it is necessary to recover corrupt Exchange database mailbox and then access the EDB mailbox without any trouble.

Manual Solution to Recover Exchange 2016 Mailbox from Corruption

Users can use the New-MailboxRepairRequest PowerShell cmdlet which help them to detect and repair the corruption issue. You can use this solution to repair the on-premise Exchange mailbox from corruption and this command applies to Exchange Server 2010, 2013, 2016 and the above version.

This Exchange PowerShell command is used to repair the particular mailbox or all the mailboxes in the database. When users execute the cmdlet then users cannot access the Exchange mailbox that is being repaired. If the user wants to stop the repair request the only way to do is that you dismount the Exchange database.

In order to avoid the performance problem, for the database level repair, you can only keep one request active on the server and for mailbox level repair, users can keep up to 100 requests active on the server.

Use Command to Repair & Recover Exchange 2016 Mailbox from Corruption

1. Execute the cmdlet given below to detect & repair all the folder views for the mailbox such as: [email protected]

New-MailboxRepairRequest -Mailbox [email protected] -CorruptionType FolderView

2. Use the command mentioned below to only detect and provide the reports on the SearchFolder & ProvisionedFolder corruption issue. The cmdlet below does not repair the Exchange mailbox.

New-MailboxRepairRequest -Mailbox eden -CorruptionType ProvisionedFolder,SearchFolder -DetectOnly

3. Insert the following cmdlet to detect & repair the AggregateCounts for all the mailboxes on the Exchange mailbox database i.e. MB-DB

New-MailboxRepairRequest -Database MB-DB -CorruptionType AggregateCounts

4. You can use the command given below to detect and repair all corruption types for the biden mailbox and archive.

New-MailboxRepairRequest -Mailbox biden -CorruptionType ProvisionedFolder,SearchFolder,AggregateCounts,Folderview -Archive

5. The Exchange PowerShell cmdlet creates Matt mailbox & then use the variable to specify the value for the DB i.e. Database & StoreMailbox to create a request to detect and repair all corruption types.

$Mailbox = Get-MailboxStatistics Matt
New-MailboxRepairRequest -Database $Mailbox.Database -StoreMailbox $Mailbox.MailboxGuid -CorruptionType ProvisionedFolder,SearchFolder,AggregateCounts,Folderview

Drawback Of Manual Solution

  1. It doesn’t repair offline / dismounted Exchange database and mailboxes from corruption
  2. Requires users to have in-depth knowledge, technical skills and hands-on experience
  3. It is a time consuming and lengthy method

Note: Sometimes due to corruption the Exchange database goes into dismounted or offline state and the solution provided here only repairs the on-premise Exchange mailbox. In this case, you can the advanced solution which support these EDB files and easily recover and repair it from corruption in a simplified manner without any hassle.

Automated Wizard to Recover Exchange 2016 Mailbox from Corruption

The Exchange Server Recovery Software provided by SysTools is the professional utility which is designed and developed with an advanced algorithm used by many technical and non-technical users to recover offline / dismounted Exchange database file (Private & Public) from minimal and major corruption in a hassle freeway.

It offers Quick and Advance scan mode option which recover and repair Exchange EDB file from corruption. Depending on the level of corrupted database you can select the option. For minimal corruption select Quick scan mode and for highly corrupted .edb file select the advance scan. Users can export the recovered as we as healthy mailboxes to the Live Exchange 2016 / 2013 / 2010 / 2007 / 2003 Server mailboxes, Office 365, and multiple file formats.

Working Steps to Recover & Repair Offline Exchange 2016 Mailbox from Corruption

1. Download > Install > Run the automated tool

2. After that, click on add file button > Load corrupt offline EDB file > Select the Advance scan mode > Click on the add button

3. Preview recovered offline Exchange database mailboxes > Click on the export button

4. Select the mailboxes and export it to the desired export option

Bringing It All Together

Now users have detailed information on how to recover Exchange 2016 mailbox from the solution that is provided here. To repair the mailbox from on-premise Exchange then you can the manual solution and if you have dismounted or corrupted the Exchange database then you can advanced method mentioned in the above section which easily recovers and repairs the .edb file without using the command in a simplified way without any hassle. According to your preference, you can select the solution and repair the mailbox without any hindrance.