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is it possible to lock an exchage 2010 database so no more users can be added by helpdesk

once my exchange 2010 databases reach a set size can i lock them down
so that no new users can be added
i want to stop the helpdesk adding new users to databases over a certain size
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Setting up mailbox size is the solution here. That is the only way to control DB growth. Also you should have a monitoring tool, which can give you a report about user count and DB size everyday.
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We have mailbox restrictions in place.
but when I cut off a database at say 60gig
I come back a few months later to find its now 80gig as helpdesk have added another 20 users
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