Personal archives were first introduced in Exchange 2010 and can be used to offload data from the primary mailbox. There are many good reasons to implement personal archives. For instance, they can be used to limit the size of the primary mailbox or because of some legal requirements that force you into keeping e-mail for a certain amount of time.
In this topic, we will go through the process of creating and managing archives.
To complete the following steps, you will need to launch the Exchange Management Shell or log in to the Exchange Admin Center.
The steps for enabling a personal archive for an existing mailbox-enabled user are explained in this section.
The following command will create a personal archive for a user called Holly Holt which already has a mailbox:
Enable-Mailbox "Holly Holt" –Archive
You can execute the same task through the EAC as well:
Navigate to recipients | mailboxes.
Double-click on the mailbox you want to enable...