We have AD 2003/2008, Exchange 2013, If I delete a AD user, will it "delete" the mailbox or "Disconnect" it , where in Exchange 2013 are settings for Disconnected mailbox, viewing etc?

Thanks

Pat

We have AD 2003/2008, Exchange 2013, If I delete a AD user, will it "delete" the mailbox or "Disconnect" it , where in Exchange 2013 are settings for Disconnected mailbox, viewing etc?

Thanks

Pat

Deleting the AD Account ( i.e. through ADUC) will disconnect the mailbox, not remove it.

For your other question:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232039(v=exchg.150).aspx

Disconnected mailboxes

thanks

Hi Pat,

As Andy mentioned Deleting a ADUser with a mailbox from ADUC has equal effect of using Remove-Mailbox cmdlet without Permanent or StoreMailboxIdentity parameter.

Disable-Mailbox disconnects the mailboxes, but doesnot delete its account in AD. (This is different than Disabling a user account in AD, similar to Disconnect using ADUC in Ex2003)

EAC Delete  or Remove-Mailbox disconnects the mailboxes and deletes it in AD.

References:

Disable or delete a mailbox

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj863434(v=exchg.150).as