I have Exchange 2013 in a single forest domain. I have 5 users, and at one time I set up archiving for retention. I have since moved to a third party solution, using MailStore for archiving instead. Now I have a secondary archive database taking up 30 GB of space, and I wish to remove it entirely. I do not need any data in the database, but the user accounts that the archives were attached to I do need. I have disabled archiving for all users and removed retention policies. I have ran a forced mailbox cleanup command to prune the archive, but the accounts remain.
Everything I read says if I remove the archive I will also be removing the user from AD, and the main mailbox as well. If I dismount the database and delete the files, I will be left with pointers in AD and have to go in with ADSI Edit.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Chris
"Sadly most places want the Porche fastness and reliablity, but only pay for a used 74 pinto, then they are "Shocked" that it wont run, and blame the IT guy"