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Wanted to confirm about the need to add replicas for system public folders (Free Busy, Organizational Forms, etc) when a) there are no Outlook 2003 clients, b) OAB distribution is set to web only and c) mixed environment that includes mailboxes hosted on Exchange 2003, 20 (across multiple regions).

Public folder database successfully removedĮxchange Server Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Public Folders When you try to remove the public folder database again you should find that it now removes without error. Highlight it and then click Edit.Ĭlick the Clear button so that the value changes to “not set”.Ĭlick OK, and OK again to commit the change.ĭepending on the size of your network you may need to wait for that change to replicate throughout your Active Directory. Scroll down until you find the msExchHomePublicMDB attribute. Right-click the mailbox database you want to remove the default public folder database from and choose Properties. For Exchange 2010 you’ll find this in CN=Services -> CN=Microsoft Exchange -> CN=(your organization name) -> CN=Administrative Groups -> CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT) -> CN=Databases. Navigate to the container that holds the Exchange databases. Connect to the Configuration naming context with ADSIEdit Open ADSIEdit.msc and connect to the Configuration naming context. However all is not lost, there is another way, using ADSIEdit.msc. + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError, Set - MailboxDatabase Here is what happens if I try to use Set-MailboxDatabase to set the value to $null. So instead I want to set the mailbox database to have no default public folder database. It is simple enough to change the public folder database configured for a mailbox database to some other public folder database, but in this situation I’m trying to get rid of public folders entirely. All I need to do is modify that mailbox database so it no longer uses the public folder database. Before deleting the public folder database, assign a new default public folder database to the mailbox database(s). Public folder database “PF-BR-01” is the default public folder database for the following mailbox database(s): The public folder database ‘PF-BR-01’ cannot be deleted. The public folder database cannot be deleted When I attempt to remove the public folder database I receive this error.

Ensured all my clients are Outlook 2007 and above.

Ensured OAB distribution is set to web only.

Removing all of the public folder content.

In this scenario I have gone ahead and prepared to remove the public folder database by: If you’ve been using public folders in your Exchange organization and decided to get rid of them completely then you may run into this particular issue. Microsoft has made it pretty clear in recent years that public folders will be going away at some stage in the future of Exchange Server.