To restore a mailbox or messages to a specific date and time, create a recovery point, and then restore the mailbox or messages from the recovery point.
Point-in-time restores are useful when you need to revert a mailbox to a state just before an undesired incident occurred in the mailbox.
Create a Recovery Point
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Applications > Exchange.
The Exchange page appears.
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Click the Exchange app that contains the mailbox that you want to recover.
The app page appears.
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On the Mailboxes tab, click the mailbox for which you want to create a recovery point.
The mailbox page appears.
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Select the date and time for the recovery point, and then click Create recovery point.
A message prompts you to confirm the recovery point creation.
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Click Yes.
A message displays the recovery point job ID.
By default, the recovery point expires in 30 days.
Restore the Mailbox or Messages from the Recovery Point
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Applications > Exchange.
The Exchange page appears.
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Click the Exchange app that contains the mailbox that you want to recover.
The app page appears.
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On the Recovery Points tab, in the row of the recovery point , click the action button
, and then click Restore > Restore messages or Restore > Restore mailbox.
Related Topics
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To perform a point-in-time restore for the entire Exchange client, see Performing Point-in-time Restores.
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To see other methods for restoring Exchange data, see Browsing and Restoring Messages Using Exchange Mailbox.