Remove a Server

You can use the Remove Server option on the Action/All Tasks menu in System Manager to remove a server from Active Directory. You should regard this option as a last resort disaster-recovery tool that you can use if you cannot use the setup program or commands in Control Panel to uninstall Exchange.

To remove a server using Action/All Tasks:

1. Start System Manager
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. Navigate to the server object in the console tree.

   System Manager

   1. Administrative Group or Organization
   2. Servers
   3. Server

3. Right-click the server, select All Tasks, and then click Remove Server. The following error message appears:

   
   Are you sure that you want to remove Microsoft 
   Exchange server servername? Performing this
   action may cause you to lose mailbox data, public
   folder data, or configuration data related to this
   server. If you are certain you want to remove 
   Microsoft Exchange from a running server, instead
   please run Remove from the Add/Remove Programs 
   function in the control panel.
   
   

4. To remove the server from Active Directory, click Yes.