XADM: Removing a Site from an Organization (184535)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q184535

SYMPTOMS

You will be unable to delete a Site container using the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program. If you highlight the object and click the Edit menu, the Delete command is dimmed (unavailable).

CAUSE

Sites cannot be deleted from the Exchange Administrator program. Other sites in the Organization must lose knowledge of the site that you wish to remove.

WORKAROUND

If you are removing the servers in the site that you wish to delete, first uninstall the Exchange servers using Exchange Setup program.

For other sites to lose knowledge of the site that is being deleted, you should remove the replication and messaging connectors.

The addresses and other objects related to the site you wish to delete will be removed from the directory.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB184535
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