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Removing Auto-linked Exchange 2010 Mailboxes in Outlook 2010

In Exchange 2010, giving a user Full Access to another mailbox auto-links that mailbox to the user's outlook profile. It appears as an additional PST in Outlook. Even after removing the Full Access permission, the linked PST remains in Outlook. Here are the steps to remove them. Open Active Directory Users and Computers   On the menu, click View then Advanced Features (make sure it's enabled) Go to the user whose mailbox is being access (ie, the linked mailbox) Open the Properties and go to the Attribute Editor tab Look for the attribute msExchDelegateListLink Delete the user whom you do not want to give Full access to anymore Click OK to Save  Restart the user's Outlook. 

Archiving Exchange 2010 PST

Exchange 2003 had a very useful utility called ExMerge that can be used to backup a Mailbox into a PST file. I like to use it to 'archive' the account before permanent closure (ie, after resignations). Unfortunately, this tool is no longer available on Exchange 2010. The good thing is, it's not difficult to do using the exchange console. Here's how. Open Exchange Management Console Enter the following: New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox "{mailbox name}" -FilePath "\\localhost\d$\archive\{mailbox name}.pst" Press enter The destination path has to be a valid UNC, so I used the d$ share to do this on my server.