Exchange 2010 - Purge Deleted Items before retention limit kicks in.
Get all users Deleted Items size:
Get a specific users Deleted Items Size:
Tip! If EMS cannot find search-mailbox cmdlet type this:
Get-MailBox | Get-MailboxStatistics | select DisplayName,TotalDeletedItemSize
Get a specific users Deleted Items Size:
Get-MailboxStatistics <alias> | select DisplayName,TotalDeletedItemSize
Purge All Users Deleted Items:
get-mailbox | Search-mailbox -SearchDumpsterOnly -DeleteContent
Purge a specific users Deleted Items:
Search-mailbox -identity <alias> -SearchDumpsterOnly -DeleteContent
Check Database white space after removal:
Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | Sort-Object DatabaseSize -Descending | Format-Table Name, DatabaseSize, AvailableNewMailboxSpace
Tip! If EMS cannot find search-mailbox cmdlet type this:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.E2010