Microsoft Exchange Server has provided a secure
messaging environment and offers a database to store the communication
information. The user database gets saved in two forms: mailboxes and the
public folders that gets saved as priv.edb and pub.edb file respectively and for simplification it required Exchange email
analysis.
For Exchange email forensics, most of the investigators
prefer using third party tools that helps to analyze Outlook data but Microsoft
has embedded options in this server applications for eDiscovery and compliance
purpose.