Remove Exchange Attributes

You can manually remove Exchange attributes from Exchange recipient objects. You need to remove these attributes only if one of the following circumstances occurs:

• You perform a disaster recovery to a server, and you cannot reconnect Exchange mailboxes to existing Active Directory objects. More information on this topic can be found in common issues.

• -OR-

• You use Active Directory Connector (ADC), and you notice that some of your Exchange attributes are being improperly matched with your Active Directory user objects. More information on this topic can be found in common issues.

Warning   Do not attempt to remove Exchange attributes until you have discussed the need to perform this procedure with Microsoft Product Support. For the most up-to-date information about how to remove Exchange attributes, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base .

To remove Exchange attributes from recipient objects:

1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the console tree, expand the Windows 2000 domain. Double-click Users, or double-click the node that contains the recipient information you want to modify.
3. In the details pane, right-click the user you want to modify, and then click Exchange Tasks.
4. In Exchange Task Wizard, click Next, select the Remove Exchange Attributes check box, and then click Next.
5. Verify that the information is correct, and then click Next
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