A major part of any Microsoft Exchange transition is the task of moving all public folder content. Sometimes Ive found this to be a migration sticking point, awaiting all of your public folder content to move from one Exchange Organisation to another. One thing I have found that speed’s up the process, are two PowerShell scripts that are supplied “out of the box” with Microsoft Exchange 2010. To benefit from these, perform the following actions:
1. Open the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and change directory to:
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\”
2. The following PowerShell script will add your new Exchange 2010 server as replica on all public folders in your existing public folder database. In the same EMS window you opened in step one, run the following command. Please note, replace the “MyExchange2010Server” entry with the name of your own Exchange 2010 server.
AddReplicaToPFRecursive.ps1 -TopPublicFolder “\” -ServerToAdd “MyExchange2010Server”
3. Once this command has completed, we can then run a second PowerShell script to initiate the move of all public folder content. To perform this task, in the same EMS window run the following command. Please note, replace the “MyExchange200xServer” and “MyExchange2010Server” entries with the names of your own legacy and Exchange 2010 servers.
MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -Server “MyExchange200xServer” -NewServer “MyExchange2010Server”
Once this command is complete, your public folder content will now start to replicate. You can monitor it’s progress by viewing the “Public Folder Instances” container in Exchange System Manager on Microsoft Exchange 2003 or through the Public Folder Management Console in Microsoft Exchange 2007.
As a note, if you are transitioning to a Microsoft Exchange 2007 organisation, these PowerShell scripts are also available and can be found in the following directory, C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts.
