Support for Microsoft Exchange 2016 and later versions

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With IBM Storage Protect™ for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft™ Exchange Server version 7.1.4.2, features that support Microsoft Exchange 2016 were added and you can now protect and manage your Microsoft Exchange 2016 and later version environments.

Mailbox filter options

When you restore an individual mailbox, you can use mailbox filters to identify individual messages to restore. With Microsoft Exchange 2016 or later, the Folder Name filter option is supported.

For example, to restore a folder that is named “folder A” in the mailbox “MailboxA”, run the following command:

tdpexcc restoremailbox "MailboxA" /MailboxFilter="folder,folderA"

Individual mailbox restore options

You can restore individual mailbox items from database backups. The following table describes the differences between the mailbox restore features that are supported with Microsoft Exchange 2013 and the features that are supported with Microsoft Exchange 2016 and later versions.

Table 1. Mailbox restore options

Table provides information about mailbox restore options
Feature Description Exchange 2013 Exchange 2016 or later
Mailbox restore Mailbox restore browser Only supports non-Unicode PST files. Only supports Unicode PST files.
Non-Unicode mailbox restore The Restore Mailbox to non-Unicode PST file option is available for selection in the Actions pane. Not supported with Microsoft Exchange 2016 or later.

Instead, the mailbox is automatically restored to a Unicode PST file.

Temporary mailbox folder cleanup

When a mailbox is successfully restored, with Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server version 7.1.4.2, the temporary mailbox folder that was created during the restore operation can be deleted automatically.

Note: To enable automatic temporary folder deletion with Microsoft Exchange 2016, you must log on as an Exchange Server administrator and ensure that the ApplicationImpersonation role is assigned to your user. This role is not enabled by default.

Message application programming interface (MAPI) client and collaboration data objects (CDO)

The MAPI/CDO library is not supported with Microsoft Exchange 2016 or later. The MAPI/CDO Changes table describes the impact of this change in your Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server solution.

Table 2. MAPI/CDO changes

Table provides information about MAPI and CDO settings.
Feature Description Exchange 2013 Exchange 2016 or later
MAPI Settings MAPI Settings property page The MAPI Settings property page is available under the Protect and Recover Data node on the MMC. Not supported with Microsoft Exchange 2016 or later.
MAPI configuration checks that use the configuration wizard When you use the configuration wizard to configure Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server on the MMC, the system automatically runs a number of checks to verify that the Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI client and CDO are correctly installed. When you use the configuration wizard to configure Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server on the MMC, the system automatically runs a number of checks to verify that the correct version of Microsoft Outlook is installed.