eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by EXOMailBoxLocTest

Your Office 365 data can be spread out across multiple datacenters in a given geolocation. Administrators therefore, may often want to know where the Exchange Online users come from and where their mailboxes are located. The EXOMailBoxLocTest test helps administrators track the location of their users and mailboxes!

This test periodically reports the count of mailbox datacenters, mailbox locations, and mailbox users. Detailed diagnosis of the test reveals the mailbox distribution by location and user distribution by geography. This way, the test enables administrators determine the location of their users and mailboxes.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the Office 365 tenant being monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Tot_datcent Indicates the total number of mailbox datacenters Number  
Uniq_loc Indicates the number of unique mailbox locations. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the distinct mailbox locations and the count of mailboxes in each location. This way, you can identify the location that hosts the maximum number of mailboxes.
Uniq_Usr_loc Indicates the count of unique user locations. Number Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the distinct user locations and the count of users connecting to Exchange Online from each location. This way, administrators can identify which location most Exchange Online users are coming from.