Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2012-11-16

Use the Get-MailboxFolderStatistics cmdlet to retrieve information about the folders in a specified mailbox, including the number and size of items in the folder, the folder name and ID, and other information.

Syntax


`Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity <MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter> [-Archive <SwitchParameter>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-FolderScope <Calendar \| Contacts \| DeletedItems \| Drafts \| Inbox \| JunkEmail \| Journal \| Notes \| Outbox \| SentItems \| Tasks \| All \| ManagedCustomFolder \| RssSubscriptions \| SyncIssues \| ConversationHistory \| Personal \| RecoverableItems>] [-IncludeAnalysis <SwitchParameter>] [-IncludeOldestAndNewestItems <SwitchParameter>]`

Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity
<MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter> [-Archive
<SwitchParameter>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
[-FolderScope <Calendar | Contacts | DeletedItems | Drafts |
Inbox | JunkEmail | Journal | Notes | Outbox | SentItems | Tasks |
All | ManagedCustomFolder | RssSubscriptions | SyncIssues |
ConversationHistory | Personal | RecoverableItems>]
[-IncludeAnalysis <SwitchParameter>]
[-IncludeOldestAndNewestItems <SwitchParameter>]

Detailed Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Mailbox folder" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

Note:
A mailbox can have hidden items that are never visible to the user and are only used by applications. The Get-MailboxFolderStatistics cmdlet can return hidden items for the following values: FolderSize, FolderAndSubfolderSize, ItemsInFolder, and ItemsInFolderAndSubfolders.

Note:
The Get-MailboxFolderStatistics cmdlet shouldn't be confused with the Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet. For more information, see Get-MailboxStatistics.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Identity	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxOrMailUserIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the identity of the mailbox or mail-enabled user. You can use one of the following values: GUID ADObjectID Distinguished name (DN) Domain\Account User principal name (UPN) LegacyExchangeDN SMTP address Alias
Archive	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The Archive parameter specifies whether to return the usage statistics of the archive associated with the mailbox or mail-enabled user. You don't need to provide a value with this parameter.
DomainController	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn	The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.
FolderScope	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.SystemConfiguration.ElcFolderType	The FolderScope parameter specifies the scope of the search by folder type. Valid parameter values include: `All` `Calendar` `Contacts` `ConversationHistory` `DeletedItems` `Drafts` `Inbox` `JunkEmail` `Journal` `ManagedCustomFolder` `Notes` `Outbox` `Personal` `RecoverableItems` `RssSubscriptions` `SentItems` `SyncIssues` `Tasks` If the `ManagedCustomFolder` value is entered, the command returns the output for all managed custom folders. If the `RecoverableItems` value is entered, the command returns the output for the Recoverable Items folder and the Deletions, Purges, and Versions subfolders.
IncludeAnalysis	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The IncludeAnalysis parameter specifies whether to scan all items within a folder and return statistics related to the folder and item size. This parameter should be used for troubleshooting purposes and it may take a long time to complete. You don't need to provide a value with this parameter.
IncludeOldestAndNewestItems	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The IncludeOldestAndNewestItems parameter specifies whether to return the dates of the oldest and newest items in each folder.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example doesn't specify the FolderScope parameter and retrieves all the information about the user Chris in the Contoso domain.

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Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity contoso\chris

EXAMPLE 2

This example uses the FolderScope parameter to view the statistics for calendar folders for the user Chris.

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Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity Chris -FolderScope Calendar

EXAMPLE 3

This example uses the Archive parameter to view the statistics for Ayla's archive.

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Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity Ayla@contoso.com -Archive

EXAMPLE 4

This example uses the IncludeAnalysis parameter to view the statistics of Tony's Recoverable Items folder.

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Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity "Tony" -FolderScope RecoverableItems -IncludeAnalysis