Restoring Mailbox Data to Another Exchange Server

In this article

You can restore backed-up data from a specific mailbox to another Exchange server.

Request

POST https://<hostname>:4443/v6/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/organization/mailboxes/{mailboxId}/restoreTo

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Parameters

The following parameters must be specified in the URL of the request:

Parameter	Type	Description
restoreSessionId	string	Specifies the identification number of the restore session. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Restore Sessions.
mailboxId	string	Specifies the identification number of the mailbox. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Mailboxes.

Request Body

To restore backed-up data of an organization mailbox to another Exchange server, the request body must contain the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
casServer	string	Specifies the Microsoft Exchange server with Client Access Server (CAS) role. The mailbox data will be restored to a specified mailbox server. Example: "casServer": "outlook.office365.com".
mailbox	string	Specifies the email address of the mailbox to which you want to restore mailbox data. Example: "mailbox": "djohnes@northsupport.onmicrosoft.com".
folder	string	Specifies the mailbox folder to which you want to restore mailbox data. Example: "folder": "RestoreFolder".
officeRegion	string	Specifies the region of the target Exchange organization. The following values are available: Worldwide USGovernment Germany China USDefence
officeOrganizationName	string	Specifies the name of the target Exchange organization.
userName	string	Specifies the user name that you want to use for authenticating to the Exchange organization. Example: "userName": "djohnes@northsupport.onmicrosoft.com".
userPassword	string	Specifies the password of the user account that you want to use for authenticating to the Exchange organization. Example: "userPassword": "paSSw0rd".
changedItems	boolean	If set to true, indicates that all versions of mailbox items will be restored. Example: "changedItems": true.
deletedItems	boolean	If set to true, indicates that deleted mailbox items will be restored. Example: "deletedItems": true.
markRestoredAsUnread	boolean	If set to true, indicates that restored mailbox data will be marked as unread. Example: "markRestoredAsUnread": false.
excludeDrafts	boolean	If set to true, indicates that Drafts mailbox folder will not be restored. Example: "excludeDrafts": false.
excludeDeletedItems	boolean	If set to true, indicates that Deleted Items mailbox folder will not be restored. Example: "excludeDeletedItems": false.
excludeInPlaceHoldItems	boolean	If set to true, indicates that preserved items of mailboxes placed on In-Place Hold will not be restored. Example: "excludeInPlaceHoldItems": true.
excludeLitigationHoldItems	boolean	If set to true, indicates that preserved items of mailboxes placed on Litigation Hold will not be restored. Example: "excludeLitigationHoldItems": true.
userCode	string	Specifies the authentication code. For more information on how to get a device code, see Getting Device Code. This property is required if you want to use a device code for data restore.
applicationId	string	An identification number of the Azure AD application that you want to use for a restore.
applicationCertificate	base64	Specifies the SSL certificate configured for the Azure AD application that you want to use for data restore. You must provide the certificate as a Base64 string. For more information on how to obtain a Base64 string, see Converting Certificate to Base64 String.
applicationCertificatePassword	string	A password for the SSL certificate being used.
impersonationAccountName	string	Specifies a user name of the account that will be used as a Microsoft Exchange account to restore data from a specific mailbox. This property is required if you want to use an application certificate for data restore. Use this property only with the applicationCertificate property.

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 OK.

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header	Description
Content-length	The length of the response body.
Content-type	The media type and syntax of the response body message for the requests with the export and save actions: application/octet-stream. The media type and syntax of the response body message for the requests with the restore and send actions: null.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the response body message for the requests with the export and save actions: application/octet-stream.

The media type and syntax of the response body message for the requests with the restore and send actions: null.

Response Body

In the response body, the server returns information about operation results.

The response body for the restore operation contains the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
createdItemsCount	integer	Number of missing items restored from the backup.
mergedItemsCount	integer	Number of changed items restored from the backup.
failedItemsCount	integer	Number of items for which the restore operation failed.
skippedItemsCount	integer	Number of items that were not changed or missing in the original location. Such items are skipped during the restore operation.

Example

The example shows how to restore all versions of organization mailbox data to a different Exchange server.

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/RestoreSessions/380d7caf-6294-4a33-b50a-b8aeb13af58c/organization/mailboxes/9e9b7199-f547-467a-b580-9d283a75eaad/restoreTo

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"casServer": "outlook.office365.com",

"mailbox": "djohnes@northsupport.onmicrosoft.com",

"userName": "djohnes@northsupport.onmicrosoft.com",

"userPassword": "p@s$w0rd",

"changedItems": true,

"deletedItems": false,

"markRestoredAsUnread": false,

"excludeDrafts": false,

"excludeDeleteditems": false,

"excludeInPlaceHoldItems": false,

"excludeLitigationHoldItems": false

}

Response:

200 OK

Response Body:

{

"createdItemsCount": 3,

"mergedItemsCount": 2,

"failedItemsCount": 0,

"skippedItemsCount": 1

}