Repair Entourage Database When Exchange Server Configuration Fails

Microsoft Exchange Server is an advanced and popular email client from Microsoft for Mac OS X operating system. It is a part of Microsoft Office for Mac productivity suite. The email client supports Exchange Server functionality that helps you create a collaborating messaging environment. However, under some situations, you cannot configure Entourage with Exchange Server after database corruption. At this point, you need to repair Entourage database to get your precious data back.

In order to elaborate this problem with Entourage, consider the below scenario-

• You are unable to configure a new Exchange Server account on Entourage 2008 after database corruption.
• Database rebuilding process fails with some errors and database cannot be accessed.

To recover Entourage database in such situations, you need to identify the cause of this problem and then fix it using Entourage repair solutions.

Root of the problem-

This problem occurs due to corruption to the database, which could be the outcome of virus infection, improper system shutdown, application malfunction, and more. After corruption application cannot recognize the database and thus it becomes inaccessible.

Resolution-

Try any of the following Entourage database recovery solutions to work around this problem-

• Remove the Main Identity from Microsoft User Data folder and reboot the email client. It will create a new identity. If you can connect to the Exchange Server using new Identity then restore data from Exchange Server mailbox.
• Restore data from the most recent and valid backup. In order to ensure absolute Entourage recovery, backup must be current.

In case both the above methods fail to recover Entourage database, then you need to opt for Microsoft Entourage recovery solutions using Entourage recovery software. Such tools are particularly designed to perform in-depth scan of entire database using advanced scanning algorithms. They are capable of recovering inaccessible data in all corruption scenarios.