You might find that you have a user whose mailbox keeps filling up and you need to increase the mailbox size. This guide shows you how to achieve this.

Increase mailbox size in exchange 2010
Increase mailbox size in Exchange 2010 1
  • Open up the Exchange Management Console.
  • Expand Recipient Configuration.
  • Click Mailbox.
  • On the right hand side click the mailbox you want to increase the size on.
Increase mailbox size in exchange 2010
Increase mailbox size in Exchange 2010 2
  • Step 1 -> Right click on the user account.
  • Step 2 -> Click on Properties.
Increase mailbox size in exchange 2010
Increase mailbox size in Exchange 2010 3
  • Step 1 -> Click on the Mailbox Settings Tab.
  • Step 2 -> Click on Storage Quotas.
  • Step 3 -> Click on Properties.
Increase mailbox size in exchange 2010
Increase mailbox size in Exchange 2010 4
  • As you can see the mailbox is using the defaults set on the Database.
Increase mailbox size in exchange 2010
Increase mailbox size in Exchange 2010 5
  • To Modify the settings, uncheck the box “Use Mailbox Database defaults.
  • Enter in the new values by selecting each checkbox.
  • Once complete click on OK.
  • Back at the main mailbox properties window for the user, click on Apply and then OK. Wait for replication to take place.

Hope it helps.

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