Discovery Mailbox Settings Parent topic

An Exchange discovery mailbox is necessary to store the mailbox search result messages. Administrators can use the following Exchange Management Shell Commands to configure the discovery mailbox:

Discovery Mailbox Commands

Command
Description
Get-Mailbox -Filter {RecipientTypeDetails -eq "DiscoveryMailbox"}
Returns all discovery mailboxes that exist on the Exchange server
New-Mailbox “NEW_DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME” -Discovery -database "MAILBOX_DATABASE_NAME“
Creates a new discovery mailbox named "NEW_DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME" in the database named "MAILBOX_DATABASE_NAME"
Add-MailboxPermission -Identity “DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME” -user "Discovery Management" -AccessRights FullAccess
Assigns the Exchange Discovery Management group full access permission to the "DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME"