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i want to move archive mailbox emails back to primary mailbox of shared mailboxes ,and then disable the archive
please i found solution of disabling the archive and enabling again. and then use mailbox restore request cmdlet , but it is not safe methods
secondly i tried to search some scripts and work but not working.
some please help
There is no built-in solution for that. You either have to move the items manually, via drag&drop in Outlook or OWA, or export to PST/import, or, use a programmatic solution based on the EWS API. Here's a sample script that does that: https://github.com/David-Barrett-MS/PowerShell-EWS-Scripts/wiki/Merge-MailboxFolders.ps1
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Hi @Anonymous ,
Agree with Vasil that there's no built-in feature available for this. Given this, personally I would manually copy or drag and drop the archived items to the primary mailbox in the Outlook client or OWA.
Below are several threads about similar topics for reference:
By the way, if Vasil's reply is helpful, you can accept it as Answer so that it can be beneficial to others in the community as well. Thanks!
You only solution is to either move them manually back using Outlook or OWA or use a script:
[https://github.com/David-Barrett-MS/PowerShell-EWS-Scripts/wiki/Merge-MailboxFolders.ps1 ](https://github.com/David-Barrett-MS/PowerShell-EWS-Scripts/wiki/Merge-MailboxFolders.ps1
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The Script above i tested but the problem is we need to define the folder names which is not feasible as there are custom folders too, and it will take long time in idenfying those
i found another script but its not running in my laptop giving below error
Import-ModuleDLL : Problem loading module Microsoft.Identity.Client: Could not load file or assembly
You need to install the EWS binaries first. Refer to the article Andy posted above for details on how to get the script running.
already installed EWS , error in installing identity module
Install-Package : Dependency loop detected for package 'Microsoft.Identity.Client'.
so i downloaded and copied dll in scripts folder.
Hi @Anonymous ,
Since your question involves using EWS script, I’ll add the tag “Exchange Server development” so that community members there can also help look into it.