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

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23

Remote domains define override settings for the message transfer between the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 organization and domains outside your Active Directory forest. When you create a remote domain entry, you control the types of messages sent to that domain. You can also apply message format policies and acceptable character sets for messages sent from mailbox users in your organization to the remote domain. The settings for remote domains are global configuration settings for the Exchange organization.

If you remove a remote domain entry, the settings for message transfer no longer apply to messages sent to the remote domain. Removing a remote domain entry doesn't disable mail flow to the remote domain. After a remote domain entry is removed, the configuration settings of the default remote domain apply to new messages sent to that domain. You can't remove the default remote domain.

Looking for other management tasks related to remote domains? Check out Managing Accepted and Remote Domains.

Use the EMC to remove a remote domain

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

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Organization Configuration > Hub Transport.

  2. In the result pane, click the Remote Domains tab.

  3. In the result pane, select the remote domain entry that you want to remove.

  4. In the action pane, click Remove.

  5. A message appears asking "Are you sure you want to remove ‘Remote Domain’?" Click Yes.

Use the Shell to remove a remote domain

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

Use the Remove-RemoteDomain cmdlet to remove a remote domain. This example removes the remote domain Contoso.

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Remove-RemoteDomain -Identity Contoso

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