Rebuild Exchange 2010 Search Index

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Issue: users are complaining of emails not showing up in search and you’ve determined you need to rebuild Exchange 2010’s search index.

Steps:

Launch Exchange Management Shell as administrator (right click run as administrator)
Type in the following in-order to get the names of the databases.
```
get-mailboxdatabase
```
Copy the name of the database you’d like to rebuild.

Browse to the scripts directory by typing the following:

cd\

 cd “program files\microsoft\exchange server\v14\scripts”

Enter the following command to rebuild:
```
 ResetSearchIndex.ps1 “Mailbox Database 1”
```
Note: specify your desired database name instead of “Mailbox Database 1”

And that’s pretty much it! – Get the users to perform a full reboot.. That or just close and re-open outlook.

Updated on April 11, 2016

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