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## Discovery Mailbox Settings

An Exchange discovery mailbox is necessary to store the mailbox search result messages. Administrators can use the following Exchange Management Shell Commands to configure the discovery mailbox:

#### Discovery Mailbox Commands

Command | Description
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`Get-Mailbox -Filter {RecipientTypeDetails -eq "DiscoveryMailbox"}` | Returns all discovery mailboxes that exist on the Exchange server
`New-Mailbox “NEW_DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME” -Discovery -database "MAILBOX_DATABASE_NAME“` | Creates a new discovery mailbox named "NEW_DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME" in the database named "MAILBOX_DATABASE_NAME"
`Add-MailboxPermission -Identity “DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME” -user "Discovery Management" -AccessRights FullAccess` | Assigns the Exchange Discovery Management group full access permission to the "DISCOVERY_MAILBOX_NAME"