Exchange 2019 on prem Can delete System Mailbox?

Question

hello I have at least 5 System Mailboxes but I do not know if they are used by the server.

actually I am moving some maiboxes to others DB because I want to delete the bigger one instead of shrinking, I fount that on the bigger db are stored these System Mailboxes...

Can I delete them? or also them need to be moved to the new DB?

Thanks for your Help

Regards

Alberto

Answer 1

Hi @Alberto Catagni (Fattore Digitale) ,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A platform!

Based on your description, you are dealing with some system mailboxes in Exchange Server. System mailboxes, such as arbitration, monitoring, and audit log mailboxes, play a vital role in the functioning of the server. Here are what you need to know:

1. Arbitration mailboxes: These are used for tasks such as review and approval workflows. You need to move them to the new database before you can delete the old database.
2. Monitoring mailboxes: These mailboxes are tied to the specific database where they were created and do not need to be moved. They are automatically deleted when the database is deleted.
3. Audit log mailboxes: These mailboxes store administrator audit logs and In-Place eDiscovery searches. Like arbitration mailboxes, they should be moved to a new database. To identify and move these mailboxes, you can use PowerShell commands. For example, to list arbitration mailboxes, you can use:

Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | Format-List Name, DisplayName, Database

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Jake Zhang