Connect- Mailbox

MSFT Synopsis:

Use the Connect-Mailbox cmdlet to connect a disconnected mailbox to an Active Directory directory service user object.

When to Use:

• When you have a disconnected mailbox object in the Exchange database that you wish to associate again with a user account.

Gotchas:

• If not using the -User switch it is recommended you use [-ValidateOnly] to verify the user account that the mailbox will be connected to.
• If you do not specifiy a user and the cmdlet is not able to match the account based on [Exchange Legacy DN] or [Name] it will not connect the user.

Role:

This command applies to the following Exchange Roles.

[Mailbox]

Permissions:

The following permissions are required when you run this command.

[Recipient Administrator]

Examples:

MSFT:

Description:	Reconnects the Disconnected mailbox with display name "John Peoples" matches it to the best AD account automatically.
Command:	Connect-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database" -Identity "John Peoples"

  

Addtional:

Description:	Attempt to reconnect all disconnected Mailboxes on a given database.
Command:	Get-MailboxStatistics -database "server\mailbox database" | [where] {$_.disconnectdate -ne $null} | [foreach] {connect-mailbox -id $_.mailboxguid -database "server\mailbox database"}
Description:	Connects the disconnected mailbox "John Doe" to the user Account "Jane Doe"
Command:	connect-mailbox -id "John Doe" -User "Jane Doe"

Links:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/e2k7help/48757062-abe5-4c61-acc5-5884569c1d8b.mspx?mfr=true