Restoring a Microsoft Exchange email folder
You can restore a single folder instead of an entire mailbox. For example, if a user needs a copy of a sent message, it may be quicker to restore only the Sent Items folder.
A restored folder is saved on the disk as PST file. You can use Microsoft Outlook to open and view the contents of the folder. After a restored email folder has been opened in Outlook, you can drag email or folders back to their original locations.
To restore an email folder
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On the View menu, click Tools.
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Click Run Granular Restore Option.
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In the Open Recovery Points dialog box, open the recovery point for the last known time that the mail was present on the Exchange server.| Use latest recovery points for this computer | Opens a recovery point using the latest recovery points from the computer on which you work. || Use alternate system index (.sv2i) file | Opens a recovery point using its system index file. || System index file name | Lets you specify a path and a file name of a system index file that you want to use for recovery. || Browse | Lets you browse to a path that contains a system index file. || | For example, you can browse to an external (USB) drive, a network location, or to removable media to select a system index file. || Use recovery points for another computer . | Opens a recovery point that resides on another computer. || Browse | Lets you browse to a path that contains recovery points. || | For example, you can browse to an external (USB) drive, a network location, or to removable media to select recovery points. || Computer Name | Identifies the names of recovery point files and virtual disk files in the specified path of another computer. |
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Click OK.
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On the Exchange Mail tab, select the mailbox for the user who requested the restore.
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In the folder list, right-click the folder you want to restore, and then click Recover Folder.
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Select the folder where you want to place the restored folder, and then click Save.