Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2
Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23
You can stop or restart a discovery search at any time. For example, if you want to modify search properties such as keywords or mailboxes searched, you must first stop a search. You can then restart the search after making the required changes.
Looking for other management tasks related to search? Check out Managing Discovery.
Use the Shell to start or stop a discovery search
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the 'Multi-Mailbox Search' entry in Messaging Policy and Compliance Permissions topic.
This example stops the search Discovery-ProjectContoso
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Stop-MailboxSearch -Name "Discovery-ProjectContoso" |
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This example starts the stopped search Discovery-ProjectContoso.
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Start-MailboxSearch -Name "Discovery-ProjectContoso" |
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For detailed parameter and syntax information, see Start-MailboxSearch and Stop-MailboxSearch.
Use the ECP to start or stop a discovery search
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the 'Multi-Mailbox Search' entry in Messaging Policy and Compliance Permissions topic.
- Navigate to My Organization > Reporting >
Mailbox Searches.
- To stop a search that's in progress, select the search, and
then click the Stop Search icon.
- To start a search that was stopped, select the search, and then
click the Restart Search icon. A warning appears, stating
that the existing search will be removed from the target mailbox.
Click Yes.
Other Tasks
After you start a discovery search, you may also want to: