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QUESTION POSED ON: 28 June 2007
In a previous post, someone asked if there were any tools that show when an Exchange Server mailbox was last accessed.

Similarly, I'd like to know how I can determine when the mailbox owner last accessed the mailbox. Do you know how to do this? Are there any components of Exchange Server available via VBScript?



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VIEW MEMBER FEEDBACK TO THIS ASK THE EXPERT Q&A.

Exchange System Manager does show this information. You can access it by expanding the Mailbox Store -> Mailboxes.

Exchange Server exposes this information using the Exchange_Logon WMI provider. For more details check out the MSDN's WMI reference page on the Exchange_Logon class.

The mailbox owner's log-on info is not maintained separately by Exchange_Logon class or any other mechanism. It is the log-on information of the person who logged on last.

MEMBER FEEDBACK TO THIS ASK THE EXPERT Q&A:

This is true, however, what if you have a job that accesses the mailbox, like a Veritas backup service or something to that effect. That throws off your last logged on user and times.
—Mark C.

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