Public folders provide shared access to data and help organizations \nto collaborate effectively. They existed on separate Public Folder \ndatabases in earlier Exchange versions, but in recent versions, they \n(known as modern public folders) exist on Mailbox databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Public folder inaccessibility issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like mailboxes, public folders also are vulnerable to \ninaccessibility issues. If the Exchange Server suddenly crashes or the \nadministrator deletes the public folders accidentally, these folders can\n become inaccessible. This situation will turn out as a major disaster \nand administrators will find it really tough to restore the public \nfolders. So, it is highly recommended to keep a backup for Exchange \ndatabase files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to recover deleted public folders?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you restore accidentally deleted public folders from a backup, it \nwill only be reflected till the time server performs replication. As the\n folder has been deleted from the public folder hierarchy, it will again\n be deleted from the store. So, the immediate question that turns up is,\n how to recover the accidentally deleted folders from .edb files?<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can follow the procedure given below to recover deleted public folders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n