Exchange Server message storage location?

[iamkevinwang]

Where does Exchange Server store the emails on the server? How can I open and see the emails from the Exchange Server?

 

[Neverm1nd]

I think you can change it, mine are in Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\ (mail are stored in one edb file, i believe. This may differ if you have another version of Exchange). I don't think you can open the files directly, just configure a client to connect to each account, or grant one account access to all the mailboxes and open each one from outlook.

 

[Czar]

what he said

 

[zodder]

Needing to know where the Exchange stores are have no bearing on accessing emails (in a simple Exchange environment). Use Outlook to connect to and access the Exchange server. Backup the stores for email protection.

 

[SoulAssassin]

The actual location can be found by looking at the properties for the storage group by right-clicking on it. As previously stated, you can't access them directly.