Remove a Foreign Connector

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-19

You can use the Shell to remove an existing Foreign connector in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. A Foreign connector can only be installed on a computer running Exchange 2010 that has the Hub Transport server role installed. A Foreign connector uses a Drop directory to send messages to a local messaging server that doesn't use SMTP as its primary transport mechanism.

Looking for other management tasks related to managing connectors? Check out Managing Connectors.

Use the Shell to remove a Foreign connector

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Foreign connectors" entry in the Transport Permissions topic.

You can use the Remove-ForeignConnector cmdlet to remove a Foreign connector. The Identity parameter specifies the Foreign connector that you want to remove. The Identity parameter can be the GUID or the name of the Foreign connector.

Note:
You can't remove a Foreign connector by using the Exchange Management Console. To remove a Foreign connector, you must use the Shell. For more information about how to use the Shell, see Exchange Management Shell.

This example removes the Foreign connector Contoso.com Foreign Connector.

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Remove-ForeignConnector "Contoso.com Foreign Connector"

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Remove-ForeignConnector.