How to remove PUBLIC FODER using ADSIEdit

Most of our clients are moving to Office 365. I found out that sometimes is really difficult to remove Public Folders.

This is easy way to solve it is use ADSI-Edit.

Exchange 2010

1. Open ADSI-Edit and got to configuration
2. Navigate to this path:
3. CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL
4. CN=Services
5. CN=Microsoft Exchange
6. CN=EXCHANGE_ORG
7. CN=Administrative Groups
8. CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)
9. CN=Databases
10. CN=PUBLIC_FOLDER_DATABASE
11. Now you can delete the PF-Database you want to get rid off.

1. Open ADSI-Edit and got to configuration
2. Navigate to this path:
3. CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL
4. CN=Services
5. CN=Microsoft Exchange
6. CN=EXCHANGE_ORG
7. CN=Administrative Groups
8. CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)
9. CN=Servers
10. CN=SERVERNAME
11. CN=InformationStore
12. CN=STORAGE_GROUP
13. CN=PUBLIC_FOLDER_DATABASE
14. Now you can delete the PF-Database you want to get rid off.

1. Open ADSI-Edit and got to configuration
2. Navigate to this path:
3. CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN,DC=LOCAL
4. CN=Services
5. CN=Microsoft Exchange
6. CN=EXCHANGE_ORG
7. CN=Administrative Groups
8. CN=First administrative Group
9. CN=Servers
10. CN=SERVERNAME
11. CN=InformationStore
12. CN=STORAGE_GROUP
13. CN=PUBLIC_FOLDER_DATABASE