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Yeah, the best way would be to create a VM with Exchange on it, restore the backup to the recovery storage group, then connect to the mailboxes and move stuff over.
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Yeah, the best way would be to create a VM with Exchange on it, restore the backup to the recovery storage group, then connect to the mailboxes and move stuff over.

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&quot;best&quot; is a concept relative to time and money<br />
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If you have a stack of time and no money, sure, building a VM is the best way to go.<br />
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Vice versa, Ontrack (or another tool) can have PST files in your hands in minutes.
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"best" is a concept relative to time and money

If you have a stack of time and no money, sure, building a VM is the best way to go.

Vice versa, Ontrack (or another tool) can have PST files in your hands in minutes.

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I have a .BKF of Exchange created using NTBackup. &nbsp;I want to create .PST files of each mailbox. &nbsp;Is there a way to do this without restoring to an Exchange server. &nbsp;Ideally I'm looking for some tool to go straight from the .BKF to .PST.
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I have a .BKF of Exchange created using NTBackup.  I want to create .PST files of each mailbox.  Is there a way to do this without restoring to an Exchange server.  Ideally I'm looking for some tool to go straight from the .BKF to .PST.

.BKF to .PST without installing Exchange

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).