14Oct/090
Find hidden mailboxes in Exchange 2003
Before you can remove an Exchange server from your org, you need to get all the mailboxes off of it. I was working on a Exchange 2007 CCR migration and found that there was still a long dead Exchange 2000 server in the org. The admin had tried to delete it, but it reported that there was still a mailbox on the server. He had checked every AD account for it to no avail. If you want to find out what AD accounts still have resources on a specific server:
- Start ADUC on the Exchange server, assuming it Windows 2003.
- Right click on your domain at the top and choose "Find".
- Click on the "Advanced" tab.
- Under "Field", select User, then "Exchange Home Server".
- Change the "Condition" from "Starts With" to "Ends With".
- In the "Value" field, type in the old Exchange server name and then click add to set the value.
- Click find to start a search.
You can then open that user account and clear out the Exchange settings that are holding you back.