How to enable mailboxes

You have the option of automatically enabling new mailboxes for archiving. If you choose this option, all mailboxes that are new to Enterprise Vault are treated in the same way, using the defaults set for the provisioning group. The archives that are automatically created for the newly enabled mailboxes are stored in the default vault store and items in the mailboxes are assigned the default Retention Category. Items in the mailboxes are indexed according to the default Indexing settings.

If you think that some users will want to change the archiving defaults, you can initially suspend archiving for the new mailboxes that have been automatically enabled. Archiving does not start until the user of the new mailbox enables archiving. This gives users the opportunity to change the archiving defaults.

When you first start using Enterprise Vault, you should gradually introduce users to Enterprise Vault. You are recommended to initially choose not to automatically enable new mailboxes. This way you can control the number of users who use Enterprise Vault and can assess your requirements and the performance of Enterprise Vault. Use the Enable Mailbox wizard in the Administration Console to enable mailboxes manually.

As you get more familiar with your usage of Enterprise Vault and can predict the resources that are required, then you can choose to automatically enable new mailboxes for archiving.