How to Manage Mailbox Size in Microsoft 365
Introduction
Microsoft 365 is a leading cloud-based productivity suite, offering a range of services and tools to help organizations stay connected and productive. Microsoft 365 includes Exchange Online, which provides users with email and calendaring capabilities. With Exchange Online, it’s important to manage mailbox size to avoid performance and storage issues. In this article, we’ll review how to monitor and manage mailbox size in Microsoft 365.
Managing Mailbox Size in Microsoft 365
In Microsoft 365, the size of a user’s mailbox is determined by the size of their mailbox database. The mailbox database holds all the data for the mailbox, including emails, calendar items, contacts, and other items. It is important to monitor the size of the mailbox database in order to avoid performance issues.
To monitor the size of the mailbox database, you can use the Exchange Online Powershell cmdlet Get-MailboxStatistics. This cmdlet will provide you with the size of the mailbox database, as well as other information such as the number of items in the mailbox, the number of items deleted from the mailbox, and the number of items moved to other mailboxes.
To manage the size of the mailbox database, you can use the Exchange Online Powershell cmdlet Set-MailboxDatabase. This cmdlet can be used to set the size of the mailbox database, as well as to limit the size of individual mailboxes.
Conclusion
Managing mailbox size in Microsoft 365 is an important part of optimizing performance and storage. By monitoring mailbox size and setting limits, you can ensure that your organization’s mailboxes are managed efficiently and effectively. By using the Exchange Online Powershell cmdlets, you can easily monitor and manage mailbox size in Microsoft 365.
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