Deleting user but mailboxes

guv · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

We are using Exchange 2007. Just a quick question. We have users with
mailboxes.
We sometimes want to delete the user account but keep their mailbox. When I
go to ADUC and choose delete on the user the option comes up saying Mark
each selected exchange mailbox for deletion which I assume deletes the
mailbox. But it does not allow me to uncheck. Is this how it should be. I
have full exchange admin rights.

How can I delete the user and keep their mailbox.

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M3 PostMasters · Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 51

Disable the user mailbox from the EMC first then remove the user account.
This will move the mailbox to the 'Disconnected Mailboxes' node and allowing
you to reattach the mailbox to another user account at a later time.

Be careful you do not let the mailbox expire beyond the Deleted Mailbox
Retention time however because it will purge it's self from Exchange is it
has not been reconnected by that time.

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"guv" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> We are using Exchange 2007. Just a quick question. We have users with
> mailboxes.
> We sometimes want to delete the user account but keep their mailbox. When
> I go to ADUC and choose delete on the user the option comes up saying Mark
> each selected exchange mailbox for deletion which I assume deletes the
> mailbox. But it does not allow me to uncheck. Is this how it should be.
> I have full exchange admin rights.
>
> How can I delete the user and keep their mailbox.
>

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