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Preferred way to disable a user in SBS 2008

Just curious if there is a "right" way or preferred way by the pros to handle when an employee leaves. Do people just disable the account or delete it completely. Also what is the best way to handle and eventually close their exchange 2007 account. All this being on SBS 2008.

I know when you disable a a user in the Windows SBS Console it doesnt disable their exchange account. We usually forward the mail to a different employee for a week or two.

I just want to hear how others handle it to see if there is a better way to.
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Glen Krinsky

You are on track. If there is a chance that the employee may return, you may want to just disable him. If he is gone for good, you can delete the account entirely. In some cases, if there is someone that is filling the position, you can rename it for the new employee.

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jtrabert

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Thanks for the replies, where I work they always just disabled the accounts. We have accounts disabled that are over a year old. Im just curious if thats the "norm" or removing the account would be better. The users here dont have a home folder on the server so thats not enforced.

Whats the "best or "prefered" way to remove an exchange account in exchange 2007. Lets say we have the the employees mailbox set to forward all incoming mails to a manager for 2 weeks. After that 2 week period , what would be the best way to remove their exchange acount.

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Anuroopsundd

should delete the account on exchange also unless it is top management which requires forwarding.. else their is no end and list will keep on growing.
2. should delete AD accounts after month or 2 at the max... does not make sense to keep and make more managment.

jtrabert

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Thanks, last question/comment. So the most straight forward way would be to open the Exchange Management Console, right-click the employees mailbox and choose remove?

If you couldnt tell this is a little new to me, I more or less was told to take over these actions, and Exchange isnt my forte'.

If we disable the user account in SBS Console, then delete the exchange mailbox would that cause problems?

Once again, I appreciate it.

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jtrabert

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Thanks for the feedback. I split the points.