Blocking database moves

We have just seen that using the -DatabaseCopyActivationDisabledAndMoveNow parameter will move active database copies to a different server and prevent database copies from being activated on a particular server. Another cmdlet we can use to prevent databases from being automatically activated on a server is the following:

    Set-MailboxServer MBX1 -DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy Blocked  

By setting the -DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy parameter to Blocked, we specify that databases cannot be automatically activated on server MBX1. The other possible values for this parameter are IntrasiteOnly, where a database copy is allowed to be activated only on Mailbox servers in the same Active Directory site, thus preventing ...

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