A feature that has been given a face lift in 2010 SP1 control panel (ECP) is “Multi-mailbox search”. Though it is possible to search for keywords across all mailboxes in an organization in 2010 RTM, the feature has been improved with more options in SP1.
Let me explain based on my lab environment. First things first, even an administrator doesn’t have rights to perform a multi-mailbox search by default. The account has to be a member of “Discovery Management” group for the options to be visible in ECP. I have added the administrator account to the Discovery Management group.
This brings a new tab in ECP named “Discovery”.
Clicking the “New” button open a “New Mailbox Search” window. I will only highlight the new options available in SP1, as creating a search query is pretty easy.
Estimate search result: provides an estimate on the number of items in the result set before an email located in the search are copied to the designated discovery mailbox. This gives an idea regarding how big the search result will be and how much space the discovery mailbox will take.
Enable de-duplication: When this option is checked, it will only copy one instance of a message to the discovery mailbox. This can help you reduce the amount of email you need to review following the search.
In 2010 RTM, there is no “Discovery” tab in ECP, but has “Mailbox Searches”.
Only basic options are available in the search options in 2010 RTM.
The improved mailbox search was introduced in 2010 SP1 Beta and no changes has been made in 2010 SP1 RTM. Check my previous article for more SP1 Beta info.
I enabled Discovery Management, but I don’t get an interface for Discovery. Does the user have to be given an additional role?
User should be a member of the Discovery Management group/role.
Thanks Yurtdisi. Let me see whether I can enable some sort of translation feature.
It seems like a very good web site but my English is not good. It would be great if it might be availible in other languages too. But, I like this web site very much, thank you very much share for this information.