Exchange Online Mailbox Restoration

User Account is already deleted in AD.
User Mailbox is already deleted in Exchange.

1. Connect to Exchange Online service in Windows PowerShell command line.

$UserCredential = Get-Credential

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $Session -DisableNameChecking

 

2. Restore mailbox with InactiveMailboxOnly parameter.

$InactiveMailbox = Get-Mailbox -InactiveMailboxOnly -Identity <identity of inactive mailbox>

New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceMailbox $InactiveMailbox.DistinguishedName <-SourceIsArchive> -TargetMailbox targetaccount@contoso.com -TargetRootFolder "TargetUser_Restored01" -AllowLegacyDNMismatch

 

3. Check status of mailbox restoration.

Get-MailboxRestoreRequest -TargetMailbox targetaccount

 

4. Check restored mails in target mailbox.

Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity targetaccount | select Name, FolderPath, FolderSize | Format-Table -AutoSize