Disable Content Indexing

Content Indexing

By default, when a new Exchange Mailbox Database is created, Exchange enables mailbox indexing for all Mailboxes in the Mailbox Database.  This makes full-text searching of email content possible, but adds processing overhead and increases the storage requirements for the mailbox, because indexes take space.  

The Ipswitch Analytics Mailbox does not need full-text searching of email content. Because the Ipswitch Analytics Mailbox uses the IpswitchAnalyticsDatabase, this Mailbox Database-level setting can be disabled without affecting your Exchange users. Disabling the setting saves processing time and a significant amount of storage space.

The space required for files related to the content indexing process can be estimated as 20% of the database size. Reference: Microsoft TechNet.

• To disable Content Indexing:
  1. As Administrator, open the Exchange Management Shell
  2. Execute the Set-MailboxDatabase cmdlet:

     Set-MailboxDatabase "IpswitchAnalyticsDatabase" -IndexEnabled $false

     Reference: Microsoft TechNet

Note: You cannot use the Exchange Admin Center (EAC) to disable or enable Exchange Search for a Mailbox Database.