Public Folders on Microsoft Exchange

Is there a way to access public folders on Microsoft Exchange. This can be any version of ColdFusion and any version of Exchange. Right now I have CF9 and Exchange 2007, but we are looking to upgrade to CF10 and Exchange 2013.

UPDATE: (WORKING)
I tried Mihir's suggestion to change the ownership to the SERVERNAME$ for the objects within the CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects container. I could not check the actual owner on any new folders as they will not appear in this container until they are
mail enabled. (Of which I cannot mail enable them)
On trying to change the owner from SYSTEM which is what it is on seemingly all objects, whilst I could select the Exchange server from the list, the setting would not take. (The SERVERNAME$ never appears in the list of possible owners after selecting it)
Instead I tested giving the Exchange Server (SERVERNAME$) full control permission on one of the objects/Public Folders. (Via ADSIEdit) This immediately allowed me to change as properties for the folder to include Send-As. (At last!!)
To fully resolve all permission issues, noting the Exchange server is a member of the Exchange Trusted Subsystem Group, I gave this group full control permissions on the CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects folder and this resolved ALL permission issues
to include being able to create new folders, mail enable them etc.
No reboots/logoff etc were required, the settings are taken immediately. (Mileage may vary with replication)
Many thanks for getting me on the right track.

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Public folders in hosted Exchange 2013

Hi,
Is it possible to setup public folders for a tenant i Exchange 2013, eg. with custom id 0 set or something like that?
Thanks!

Hi,
If you want to deploy public folders in an Exchange 2013 multi-tenant environment, you can create a public folder mailbox per tenant.
Here is a related thread for your reference.
Public Folder Hierarchy and PF Mailboxes for Hosted setup?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/e9062abe-f484-462b-bc5e-ebdcb0862760/public-folder-hierarchy-and-pf-mailboxes-for-hosted-setup?forum=exchangesvradmin
More information about public folder in Exchange 2013 here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj552408.aspx
Best regards,
Belinda
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support

How to migrate public folders from legacy (exchange 2003 ) to exchange 2010

How to migrate public folders from legacy (exchange 2003 ) to exchange 2010 . Please suggest ?
Aditya Mediratta

Hi Aditya,
please find the answer in
http://blogs.technet.com/b/agobbi/archive/2010/08/04/how-to-move-public-folder-from-exchange-2003-to-exchagne-2010.aspx
Please ensure you have a working mailflow from Exchange 2003 to 2010, vice versa, before you begin.
Basically it's the same procedure as adding some PF Database in E2K3; just
run .\AddReplicaToPFRecursive.ps1 -server "Exchange 2010 Server" -TopPublicFolder "\" -ServerToAdd "Exchange 2010 Server"
Wait until some initial data started to replicate; after that run
Update-PublicFolderHierarchy -Server "Exchange 2010 Server"
After replication has finished you can do a
.\MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -Server "Exchange 2003 Server" -NewServer "Exchange 2010 Server"
Please let me know if it worked.
Kind regards,
Martin

Public folders not replicating Exchange 2010

Earlier this year I did a migration from a single 2003 Exchange server to a single Exchange 2010 server. I didn't notice until recently that my GAL isn't being updated in cached mode in Outlook 2010+ but is in OWA and with cached mode turned off. So,
I dug a little more, and also noticed that I also having errors when trying to go into Public Folder Management Console when I right click and and select update content on anything under Default Public Folders or System Public Folders I get an error about
no replica being found.
Microsoft Exchange Error
Action 'Update Content' could not be performed on object 'OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK'.
OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK
Failed
Error:
Server 'JASMAIL01' doesn't have a replica of public folder '\NON_IPM_SUBTREE\OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK'. Public folder content can be synchronized only from a server that has a replica of that public folder.
When I update anything inside the Offline Address Book Folder I get:
Microsoft Exchange Error
Action 'Update Content' could not be performed on object 'EX:/o=AmicalolaEMC/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)'.
EX:/o=AmicalolaEMC/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)
Failed
Error:
Cannot start content replication against public folder '\NON_IPM_SUBTREE\OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK\EX:/o=AmicalolaEMC/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)' on public folder database 'Public Folder Database 1904981871'.
MapiExceptionNoReplicaAvailable: StartContentReplication failed. (hr=0x80004005, ec=1129)
Diagnostic context:
Lid: 1494 ---- Remote Context Beg ----
Lid: 3010 StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 3010 StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 3650 StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 18128 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 18536 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 18544 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 18560 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 18740 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 1267 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 33819 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 27225 StoreEc: 0x469
Lid: 1750 ---- Remote Context End ----
Lid: 26322 StoreEc: 0x469
OK
I've been searching for a month or so and have come up with nothing, any ideas? Thank you!

This is what happens when I try to run that command:
Identity: Default Global Address List
WARNING: The recipient "amicalolaemc.com/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 2" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "amicalolaemc.com/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 3a" is invalid and couldn't b
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "***.com/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 4" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "***.com/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Schedule+ Free Busy Information - First
Administrative Group" is invalid and couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "***.com/Users/SystemMailbox{1f05a927-2cd9-4dbe-8f19-98848d21a898}" is invalid and
couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "***.com/Users/SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9}" is invalid and
couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "***.com/Users/FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042" is invalid and
couldn't be updated.
Hi,
The error message also mentions that your system mailboxes are invalid. Please run the Get-Mailbox -Arbitration command to check result.
Besides, please find the following objects under the Microsoft Exchange System Objects container and delete them to check result.
OAB Version 2
OAB Version 3a
OAB Version 4
Schedule+ Free Busy Information - First Administrative Group
Here is a related thread for your reference.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/92264b4d-56d5-4354-b3aa-828f18e0068f/exchange-2010-orphaned-public-folder-gal-entries
Hope this is helpful to you.
Best regards,
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support

Problem with Exchange 2010 Public Folders after installing Exchange 2013 in my environment.

I currently have an Exchange 2010 server with all the roles installed. Before installing Exchange 2013, I was able to launch the Public Folder Management Console but now I get an error. When I installed Exchange 2013, I got an error saying I
had a instance of Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003, but I didn't have any of these servers left. There was still something in AD referencing my old server. I went into ADSIedit and deleted an old administrative group. This deletion caused my access
to my public folders to get messed up. I followed this article, http://blog.bruteforcetech.com/archives/766, and I was able to gain access back in my outlook client but I still can't see the public folders in OWA. I also get this error when
trying to access either Default or System Public Folders. "Cannot complete the operation because there isn't an available public folder database on server 'ExchangeServer'. It was running the command 'get-publicfolder - getchildren -identity '\'
-server 'ExchangeServer' "
My Public Folder Database exists and is mounted. Any help is appreciated.

Hi Belinda,
Thank you for responding. Yes you do understand my problem correctly. One correction is that after deleting this entry in ADSIEdit, we couldn't access public folders at all either in Outlook or OWA. I followed these steps in the below article:
http://blog.bruteforcetech.com/archives/766
After following these steps and recreating the entry on FolderHieachies in ADSI edit, I was able to gain access to the public folders again through Outlook, but still can't see them in OWA and can't access them in Public Folder Management Console.
Here are the results to your requests:
et-PublicFolder -Recurse | Format-List Name
Name : IPM_SUBTREE
Can't get the public folder database using legacy distinguished name '/O=HEROIX CORPORATION/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRAT
GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=CONFIGURATION/CN=SERVERS/CN=EXCHANGE2010/CN=MICROSOFT PUBLIC MDB'.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-PublicFolder], TaskInvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : B546E0B0,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.MapiTasks.GetPublicFolder
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-PublicFolder -Identity \NON_IPM_SUBTREE -Recurse | Format-List Name
Name : NON_IPM_SUBTREE
Name : EFORMS REGISTRY
Can't get the public folder database using legacy distinguished name '/O=HEROIX CORPORATION/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE
GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=CONFIGURATION/CN=SERVERS/CN=EXCHANGE2010/CN=MICROSOFT PUBLIC MDB'.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-PublicFolder], TaskInvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : B546E0B0,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.MapiTasks.GetPublicFolder
Also the msExchOwningPFTree attribute should be correct because this was edited with the correct value when I followed the instructions in the above article:
CN=Public Folders,CN=Folder Hierarchies,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Heroix Corporation,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=hero,DC=net

Public folders in Mixed Exchange environment

We are running
- Exchange 2007 - a LOT of users and a LOT of PF
- Exchange 2010 ( currently very limited )
- Exchange 2013 - about 2000 users
The Exch 2010 environment was pretty much stood up and had 30 pilot accounts on it before we decided to go to Exch 2013 instead/ These account have since been migrated to Exch 2013, so it is currently VERY LIMITED use.
We have a large number of Public Folders in Exch 2007. We do not plan on using the Exch 2013 model of shared mailboxes, but are looking to create the Public Folders in the Exch 2010 environment so we can close down Exch 2007.
The bulk of my users are still on 2007, but I have a couple thousand already moved to 2013. All users can access the Public Folders on Exch 2007.
We have not created any Public Folders in Exch 2010 yet. Practically all the posts I read state to enable replication for the 2007 folders to get them to 2010, but what about NEW folders. If I create a new folder on Exch 2010, without configuring replication
to 2007, will the Exch 2007 and Exch 2013 users be able to access it?
Tom

For Exchange 2010 or Ex2007 you will need to setup the replication but for Exchange 2013 it is different.
what is your plan,, do you want to keep them on 2013 or 2010 or you want keep the mix environment?
If I create a new folder on Exch 2010, without configuring replication to 2007, will the Exch 2007 and Exch 2013 users be able to access it? Yes you can still access them. You will need to setup the database for the default public folders.
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Missing feature at BES 10. Connecting public folder at Microsoft Exchange

Dear Develpment,
one of the different using BB to iOs or Android device was the it was possible to connect to public folder by BES 5.x.
So it was possible to syn your public contact folders of all employee of our company. We must do nothing, if data changed or a new employee added to the public folder.
Now with BES 10 and active sync technology this good feture isnt possible. - Pity.
But maybe in your planning for some next releases it is a way to implement this nice feature...
Blackberry must have some better features than iOS and Andoid.......so you would come back to one top smartphone seller...... I Hope so.
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Heinz

Hi,
Please use the Get-PublicFolderStatistics cmdlet to check if you can get public folders on Exchange 2013.
If there is no public folder listed, I recommend you run the Get-PublicFolderMigrationRequestStatistics cmdlet to view detailed information about migration requests.
Best regards,
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support
Get-PublicFolderStatistics on the 2013 server fails with "No active public folder mailboxes were found."
Get-PublicFolderMigrationRequestStatistics needs to know more info to run. So I run it as follows:
Get-PublicFolderMigrationRequest | Get-PublicFolderMigrationRequestStatistics which gives me:
StatusDetail: StalleDueToMailboxLock
PercentComplete: 95.
This fits with the migration guide because after I reached this point I did the following to assign it to a test user:
Set-Mailbox (name of new PF mailbox) -PublicFolder -IsExcludedFromServingHierarchy $False
Set-Mailbox (name of test user) -DefaultPublicFolderMailbox (name of new PF mailbox)
Jeremy Regehr

Is it possible to unsubscribe specific Public folders in Mail + Exchange?

We're using Mail connected to IMAP/Exchange accounts and have a lot of Public folders that we would like to unsubscribe to - since they update some 68.000+ mails which causes some speed conflicts. Its possible in Outlook(PC) and Thunderbird(Mac) but is it possible in Mail?

Thanks
Lets just hope these basic improvements will be included in the 3.0. - guess I'll have to start using Thunderbird for a while!

Public Folders on multiple Exchange 2013 servers

Two companies (lets call them WestCoast Company and EastCoast Company) have merged. Each one has Ex2010 with PFs of local scope (the companies don't need access to each other's PFs). I want to move them to a single Exchange Organization with one Exchange
server in each office and possibly a 3rd Exchange in a data center. I am looking for the best/simplest solution for those legacy PFs. Questions:
- With Exchange 2010 I can only have one PF database so I will have to merge the PF structures. If the "master" PF DB sits in the data center I can choose which folders to replicate to each regional Exchange server (ie I can have only WestCoast
folders on the WestCoast Exchange and similar for East Coast). Are these statements correct?
With Exchange 2013:
- Can I have more than one PF trees (one per PF mailbox) or am I limited to a single PF hierarchy?
- If only one PF hierarchy, am I forced to have one location that holds all the content or can the content remain distributed in different locations?
- Can I have content (or PF mboxes) that only show up on some of the Exchange servers? (ie WestCost PFs will show up only on WestCoast Exchange)
- Do the PF limits (10,000 folders, 1 million items, etc) apply per PF mbox or for the whole thing?
Thanks

There is just one public folder hierarchy. You can assign sub-trees under the root to different mailbox databases, though, and through permissions you could restrict who can see each of them.
You can have public folder mailboxes mounted in different mailbox databases, with different databases mounted in different locations. So you could have the Europe folders in a mailbox in a mailbox database mounted on a European server, and the Americas
folders in a mailbox in a mailbox database mounted on an Americas server.
You can do that but only by grouping public folder mailboxes in mailbox databases that are mounted where you want them to be mounted. As stated before, you might be able to hide folders through permissions, not by where they are mounted.
Yes, the 10,000-folder limit applies to the organization. If you have more than that, wait until the limit is increased.
Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Unable to access public folders on Exchange 2007 when user mailbox is on Exchange 2013

Hi
I have coexistence with Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2013. I've moved a mailbox to Exchange 2013 and now cannot view the public folders on Exchange 2007. The error message I get is "could not connect to the public folder server. microsoft exchange is
not available. either there are network problems or the exchange server is down for maintenance."
Mailboxes on Exchange 2007 do not have any problems viewing public folders. I can't migrate users to Exchange 2013 until this issue is resolved.
The IIS permissions to the Public virtual directory on Exchange 2007 is set to Intergrated Windows and Basic authentication.

Hi northerly,
I recommend you follow the steps below for troubleshooting:
1. Please run the Get-OutlookAnywhere cmdlet to verify the Outlook Anywhere settings on Exchange Server 2013 Client Access servers.
2. If "ExternalHostName" is set, and "ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod" is Negotiate, change "ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod" to something other than Negotiate.
3. If "InternaClientlAuthenticationMethod" is set to Negotiate, and "InternalRequireSSL" is True, change "InternalClientAuthenticationMethod" to something other than Negotiate, or change "InternalRequireSSL" to False.
What's more, here is a helpful KB for your reference.
Users of Exchange Server 2013 or Exchange Online can't open public folders or shared mailboxes on an Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2834139/en-us
Hope my clarification is helpful.
If there are any problems, please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
Amy
Amy Wang
TechNet Community Support

Exchange 2013 Mailbox Using 2010 Public Folders

Firstly, we will not be migrating completely to Exchange 2013 public folders for quite a while. Our first Ex2013 server is in a small branch office and won't be appropriate to hose the PF's for the entire company. Our environment consists of
8 Ex2010 servers and now the one Ex2013. I setup a test mailbox on the 2013 server and it access a 2010 PF database on another server just fine. How is that server discovered, and can we specify which one it uses? I understand the way 2013
public folders are moving but is there a downside to leaving our configuration this way for a long period of time?

Yes, the procedure should be followed to move mailbox first. Once you have successfully moved all the mailbox to new exchange server, you can migrate public folder after that.
You can also checekout this thread related to public folder migration from exchange 2010 to 2013 :
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/b7a35a45-9b74-4910-9dc3-c997bc71f03f/migration-form-exchange2010-to-exchange2013?forum=exchangesvrdeploy
Further, for a better convenience, you can also take a look at this application (http://www.exchangemailboxmigration.com/) which would be a good approach while migrating mailboxes and public folders
between two exchange server. It ensures about the data security and email contents during the completion of entire migration process.

Migrating Public Folders on Exchange Server 2007 SP1 to Exchange Online\Office 365

Hello,
Our company is looking to migrate from Exchange 2007 on premises to Exchange Online/Office 365. We have a number of public folders on our exchange server that function similarly to how the new shared mailboxes work in Exchange Online. That is to say that
we have many outside users (customers and wholesale dealers) emailing this public folder ([email protected]) and our end users are given permission to view and respond as themselves ([email protected]). I've been looking all over but haven't found a clean
way to migrate the current public folders directly into shared mailboxes. I'd just start from scratch, but we want to keep the records of the emails we've received at these public folders for customer support reasons. Can anyone help?

Hi psh8989,
According to your description, I know that you want to migrate public folder from Exchange 2007 to Office 365.
Since Office 365 is different from Exchange On-Premises, I suggest ask Office 365 Forum for help so that you can get more professional suggestions. For your convenience:
http://community.office365.com/en-us/default.aspx
However, I can also share some information for your reference : )
Based on my knowledge, Exchange supports moving your public folders to Office 365 and Exchange Online from Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 or later. I notice that your Exchange server version is SP1, please upgrade to SP3 RU10 first and perform migration.
More detailed information to see:
Migrate legacy public folders to Office 365 and Exchange Online
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj983799(v=exchg.150).aspx
Thanks
Mavis Huang
TechNet Community Support

Exchange 2013 / 2010 / 2007 - Public Folders

I have read that legacy public folders and 2013 public folders canot co-exist.
If I have legacy public folders A, B and C, does this mean...
that if I migrate folder A to 2013, i cannot maintain a replica on legacy systems, but folders B and C are still accessible
..or..
If I migrate folder A to 2013, I must migrate folders B and C also.
If I am need to import folder D, from an external Exchange 2013 installation, into my legacy public folder system, is it possible to migrate folder D out of the external 2130 environment into my legacy public folder environment? If so, is there any extra functionality
2013 PF has that the users will lose if the folders are down graded to legacy?
Thanks!
Tom

Hi,
User mailboxes on Exchange 2013 servers can connect to legacy public folders, but legacy Exchange mailboxes are unable to access the public folder hierarchy on Exchange 2013 server.
Exchange 2013 public folders and legacy public folders can’t exist in your Exchange organization simultaneously.
Before you migrate public folders, you need to migrate mailboxes to Exchange 2013 first.
Please refer to the following article.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj150538(v=exchg.150).aspx
Besides, here is a related thread for your reference.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/7603f02e-beb4-4c3d-8cb9-613ad806766b/public-folder-migration-from-multiple-exchange-2007-to-exchange-2013?forum=exchangesvrsharingcollab
Best regards,
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support

Exchange 2010 - Exchange 2013 permanent coexsistence to avoid migration of Public Folders

Hi Guys,
I was hoping to get some opinions/ advices regarding the case explained below.
The company I work for has a medium-sized Exchange 2010 infrastructure that consists of several geographically dispersed 2-node DAGs and corresponding CASArrays. It hosts about 1000 mailboxes in total and large public folder database that is replicated on
every mailbox server in the environment. All users are using Outlook 2010/2013.
There is a business drive to perform migration to Exchange 2013. However, migration of the Public Folders is not feasible because of the lack of multimaster replication, the complicated migration process and several other limitations in Ex2013 PFs.
To work around this issue while still performing the migration I am considering the following scenario:
Deploy Exchange 2013 servers in the organization
Migrate all mailboxes to Exchange 2013 servers
Don't ever start migration of Public Folders (leave one Exchange 2010 mailbox server in every location for hosting the Public Folder database)
Keep the coexistence permanently (with mailboxes on 2013 and public folders on 2010)
What do you think of this setup? Do you see any issues with such long-term coexistence?
Thanks.

Hi,
You can leave the public folders on Exchange 2010 if you can’t migrate them to Exchange 2013. Exchange 2013 users can access public folders on Exchange 2010, but Exchange 2010 users can’t access public folders on Exchange 2013.
Best regards,
If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact
[email protected]
Belinda Ma
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Ignoring "Public Folders" when listing folders on an Exchange account?

hi-
i downloaded javamail 1.4.2 and ran the demo example "folderlist" against an exchange account i have using the "imap" protocol.
it listed all my folders correctly, including "Public Folders" and its subfolders.
i'd like to not list "Public Folders" though, and so was wondering if there is a programmatic way of ignoring this folder and any
other public folders.
when i run "folderlist" in verbose mode, i get for the "Public Folders":
Name: Public Folders
Full Name: Public Folders
URL: imap://exchange-user@exchange-host/Public Folders
Not Subscribed
Is Directory
IMAP Attributes:
\Noselect
is it appropriate to intrepret "\Noselect" as folders i don't want to include in my folder list?

Use the Store.get*Namespaces methods. You probably only want to list the personal namespaces.

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