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title: "Start-VBRExchangeItemRestoreSession"
description: "Starts restore sessions to explore backed-up Exchange databases and to perform operations with these databases. Product: Veeam Backup & Replication Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet"
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# Start-VBRExchangeItemRestoreSession

## Short Description
Starts restore sessions to explore backed-up Exchange databases and to perform operations with these databases.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

**Product Edition**: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Start-VBRExchangeItemRestoreSession [-RestorePoint] <IVBRApplicationRestorePoint> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet establishes a connection to the Veeam Backup & Replication and retrieves Exchange databases backed up on this server. Within the restore session, you can get backed-up Exchange objects within these databases using the following cmdlets:

- [`Get-VEXDatabase`](get-vexdatabase.md)
- [`Get-VEXMailbox`](get-vexmailbox.md)
- [`Get-VEXFolder`](get-vexfolder.md)
- [`Get-VEXItem`](get-vexitem.md)

After you get backed-up Exchange objects, you can perform the following operations with these objects:

- [`Export-VEXItem`](export-vexitem.md)
- [`Restore-VEXItem`](restore-vexitem.md)
- [`Send-VEXItem`](send-vexitem.md)

## Parameters

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          <p>Parameter</p>
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        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
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          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RestorePoint</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a restore point to start a new restore session. You will be able to use the session to perform operations with Microsoft Exchange databases that this restore point contains.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13"><code>IVBRApplicationRestorePoint</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13"><code>Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IVBRApplicationRestorePoint</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the [`VBRExchangeRestoreSession`](vbrexchangerestoresession.md) object that contains settings of the restore session started to explore backed-up Exchange databases and to perform operations with these databases.

## Examples

::: example
### Starting Restore Session

This example shows how to start a restore session to perform operations with Microsoft Exchange databases.

```
$restorepoint = Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint -Exchange
Start-VBRExchangeItemRestoreSession -RestorePoint $restorepoint[0]
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint`](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13) cmdlet. Provide the `Exchange` parameter. Save the result to the `$restorepoint` variable.

   The cmdlet will return an array of restore points. Note the ordinal number of the necessary restore point. In this example, it is the first restore point in the array.

2. Run the `Start-VBRExchangeItemRestoreSession` cmdlet. Set the `$restorepoint` variable as the `RestorePoint` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint`](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrapplicationrestorepoint.html?ver=13)