Deleting Hosting Space did not delete the Exchange Hosting Organization

Question

Hi,

I have deployed Exchange 2010 with /Hosting switch enabled and created a test user and a hosting space. Inside this hosting space I have enabled the Exchange Hosting Mode. I have then deleted the Hosting space but the Exchange Organization has not been deleted from the AD. When I tried to create the same Exchange Organization for the user I got this error:

Server was unable to process request. ---> Active organization with identity "TEST01" exists. at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) at WebsitePanel.Providers.ExchangeHostedEdition.ExchangeServerHostedEdition.CreateOrganization(String organizationId, String programId, String offerId, String domain, String adminName, String adminEmail, String adminPassword) at WebsitePanel.EnterpriseServer.ExchangeHostedEditionController.CreateOrganization(Int32 packageId, String organizationId, String domain, String adminName, String adminEmail, String adminPassword)

 

How can I manually remove the Exchange Organization from WebsitePanel? Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Sorry for the short instruction...

1. Make sure, you removed WSP / Exchange related Items.

2. Open EMC and remove Hosted Organization (HO) related items.

3. Open ADSI / check / remove required HO items.

4. Open ADUC / remove HO related items (Users/OU etc.).

Let me know in case you still need my assistance.

Thanks.

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Best regards, Dmitry Fitsner [e-mail] | WebsitePanel Installations, Support & Consulting | Enterprise Solutions Planning & Deployment & Support. Website: ExpertServices.us

Answer 2

Hello,

there is a bug in Exchange Hosting Mode module - organization is not deleted when you delete a space. Before we fix it, please use Delete button within organization. For now, you could manually delete organization by calling these cmdlets:

1. Delete all organization mailboxes:

Get-Mailbox –organization “TEST01”

Remove-Mailbox –identity <mailboxDN>

2. Call cmdlet: remove-organization org01 -confirm: $false

 

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Inesa Fain - MSFT

Answer 3

Thank both you for your help. Actually the proper cmdlet for deleting the mailbox that worked for me was:

Get-Mailbox -Organization "TEST01" -Identity <mailboxDN> | Remove-Mailbox

because Remove-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxDN> -Permanent $true did not work for some reason

Best regards