Backing up MS Exchange Server Mailboxes

IBackup for Windows ‘Exchange Brick-Level Mailbox Backup’ wizard guides you with a simple step-by-step approach to backup individual mailboxes on the MS Exchange Server Store to your IBackup account. Please follow the steps given below:

Step 1

Login to IBackup for Windows. In the IBackup for Windows main screen, click on the 'Exchange Server Backup' option from the main menu item, ‘Backup-Restore’ > ‘Exchange Server’ > ‘Exchange Brick-Level Mailbox' > 'Backup’.



Step 2

Select the individual mailbox or maiboxes that you wish to backup to your IBackup account from the MS Exchange Server.



Step 3

Click on the ‘Browse’ button to choose a temporary location on your local computer to store the selected MS Exchange Server mailboxes as a Personal Folder (.PST) file.

Note: Please ensure that the selected temporary location on your computer has sufficient free space to hold the contents of individual mailboxes of MS Exchange Server. You are not allowed to select the temporary location on the remote location.

Step 4

While selecting mailboxes for backups, you can customize your selection based on the following criteria.

Backup all the messages:
By default, the ‘Backup all the messages’ option will be enabled. If you choose this option, the whole mailbox contents will be backed up.

Based on Date:
This option allows you to select messages belonging to a specified date and time or between a particular date and time.

Based on subject and attachment:
You can also select messages based on the subject or attachment.

Select individual mailbox folders:
Click on this button to choose mailbox folders such as ‘Inbox’, ‘Sent Items’, ‘Deleted Items’, ‘Calendars’, ‘Tasks’, ‘Journals’ etc. that you wish to backup. Please note that only the selected folders will be processed and all others will be ignored.

Step 5

a) Click on the ‘Backup now’ button to select a destination directory on your IBackup account and to set an immediate schedule job.
b) Click on the ‘Next’ button to select a destination directory on your IBackup account andthen schedule the backup for a future date or time with the scheduling options provided on the ‘Scheduler Wizard’.