What is a .EDB file?
EDB is a Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox database.
- Did you know
- An Exchange EDB can store the mailboxes of an entire organisation.
- An Exchange EDB is built on Microsoft’s Extensible Storage Engine, also known as JET Blue, the multi-user sibling of the Access engine.
- Inside an EDB the mailbox data is laid out as a B-tree of fixed-size pages, each carrying its own checksum for integrity.
- What Analyser reads
- Open personal-information files: iCalendar .ics/.ical and .vcs (events, times, recurrence, organiser/attendees), vCard .vcf contacts (fields + inline base64 photo), LDIF directory exports and Windows .contact - with Outlook .msg/.pst, IBM Notes .nsf, Exchange .edb and Outlook Express .dbx identified. Email messages (.eml/.emlx/.mbox) now open in a full viewer - see Email above.
- Depth of analysis
- .EDB is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .EDB file
- Drag a .EDB file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.