MAPI applications cannot access archive mailboxes in Recovery Databases

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  • Applies to:
    Exchange Server 2010

Original KB number:   2590306

If you develop an Extended MAPI application for use with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, the application can't access an archive mailbox in a Recovery Database (RDB).

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This is a design limitation of Exchange Server 2010. MAPI applications can't access an archive mailbox in an RDB because of the design of the RPC Client Access server role. When a MAPI application attempts to sign in, it will encounter a MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER (0x8004011d) error. To work around this limitation, you can use the Restore-Mailbox cmdlet to restore data from the archive mailbox in the RDB.