How to test Exchange search for Outlook user in online mode

This test is for online mode users only. Cache mode users use windows desktop search to search mail

 

use the command below to test exchange search on the server for a specific user

 

Test-Exchangesearch -id user@contoso.com

 

if test returns true, indexing is working fine. if false, then indexing needs to be reset with powershell or manually by restarting MS Exchange search service

 

OR

 

test against a mailbox database by typing

 

Test-ExchangeSearch -MailboxDatabase "databasename" -indexingtimeout 30