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Powershell Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath

I would like to export a range off mailboxes to different variable folders i.e. c:\test\username\username.pst with out having to create a script for each user.

I have managed to get a script which looks up the mailboxes in a group and then exports to a specified location however I cannot get it to export to a folder variable using username and put the pst file inside this.

Get-user | where { $_.office -Eq "IT Services1" } | Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath ("C:\test\") -confirm:$false

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

John

fatnasa2010

i don't think you need to do this as every pst file will get exported will have its mailbox alies which is uniqe

Pellfrischmann

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Thats is correct however I would like it to put the pst file it a folder which is called the username i.e. c:\test\john\john.pst

But has the command looks up several email addresses so I need to use a variable to do this.

pilozite

Try this :

Get-user | where { $_.office -Eq "IT Services1" } | [string]$drive = "c:\test\" + $_.name; md $drive;Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath ($drive) -confirm:$false

Pellfrischmann

ASKER

Thanks but I get the following error.

Expressions are only permitted as the first element of a pipeline.
At c:\test\test3.ps1:1 char:91
+ Get-user | where { $_.office -Eq "IT Services1" } | [string]$drive = "c:\tes
t\" + $_.name; <<<< md $drive;Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath ($drive) -confirm:
$false

pilozite

sorry this one should work:

Get-user | where { $_.office -Eq "IT Services1" } | %{[string]$drive = "c:\test\" + $_.name; md $drive;Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath ($drive) -confirm:$false}

Pellfrischmann

ASKER

Thanks again, nearly works as it creates the folder but then asks for the identity if typed in works fine

Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\test

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 17/07/2009 17:09 John Smith

cmdlet Export-Mailbox at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Identity:

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Pellfrischmann

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Thanks very much for your help.