Run mailbox assistant o365

To run the Mailbox Assistant in Office 365, you can follow these steps:

Method 1: Using the Exchange Admin Center

1. Sign in to the Exchange Admin Center (EAC) with your Office 365 admin credentials.
2. Click on "Recipients" in the navigation pane.
3. Click on "Mailbox" in the top menu.
4. Select the mailbox you want to run the Mailbox Assistant for.
5. Click on the "Run Mailbox Assistant" button.

Method 2: Using PowerShell

1. Open PowerShell and connect to your Office 365 tenant using the following command: Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName <your_admin_username> -ShowProgress $true
2. Run the following command to run the Mailbox Assistant for a specific mailbox: Start-MailboxAssistant -Identity <mailbox_name> -Action <action_name>
   • Replace <mailbox_name> with the name of the mailbox you want to run the Mailbox Assistant for.
   • Replace <action_name> with the specific action you want to perform (e.g. "MoveToFolder", "Delete", etc.).

Available Actions

The Mailbox Assistant can perform the following actions:

• MoveToFolder: Move messages to a specified folder.
• Delete: Delete messages.
• MarkAsRead: Mark messages as read.
• MarkAsUnread: Mark messages as unread.
• MoveToArchive: Move messages to the archive folder.
• Purge: Permanently delete messages.

Tips and Considerations

• The Mailbox Assistant can only be run on mailboxes that are connected to the Exchange Online service.
• The Mailbox Assistant can only perform actions on messages that are stored in the mailbox.
• The Mailbox Assistant does not support running on shared mailboxes or resource mailboxes.
• The Mailbox Assistant may take some time to complete, depending on the number of messages and the complexity of the action being performed.