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How do you remove user account and save exchange mailbox?
I am trying to remove a user's account from the active directory, but I want to save the user's exchange mailbox. To do so, I am going into the Server Management console, right clicking on the user, and clicking "remove user". However, when the next dialogue box comes up giving me the options of keeping or removing the user's home folder and mailbox, the checkbox to also remove the user's Exchange mailbox is automatically checked and it is grayed out so I cannot uncheck it. Why is this behavior happening and how can I change it? I need to have the ability to remove a user account without deleting their exchange mailbox.
Even if you elect to delete the mailbox it will remain in Exchange for 30 days - by default- during which time you can connect it to another user - see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange_Server_2003_Mailbox_Recovery.html
Unless you have some particular reason for not wanting to do so...why not just disable the User's account instead of deleting it?
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Need to delete the user account due to some corruption issues with the user profile, but want to reconnect the mailbox to another account. I guess the solution by KCTS would work in a pinch, but I really wish I could figure out why I can't just uncheck the box to delete the mailbox when deleting the account? Active Directory in SBS2003 is designed to work this way, so why isn't it? Does anyone have an answer to how I get it work the way it is supposed to work?
Huh? You're deleting the user account because of profile corruption? That makes no sense... why not just delete the profiles?
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It's linked to an issue with BillQuick 2008. The bottom line is that I'm just wondering why this feature of SBS 2003 is not working when, by design, it should be. Can anyone answer that question?
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I suggest you use exmerge to export the mailbox to a PST, the remove it.