Hi, Is it possible to empty all mailboxes of a single OU by a PowerShell command? If it is possible, what would be the command? As a background information... My client has sold out an organizational unit. All emails and mailboxes are already transferred for a new company but the users still need their AD credentials to access some resources in my client's domain. Mailboxes are also required to remain auto-forward and out of office information - at least for now. All of these users whose mailbox should be to empty are in same AD OU. Best regards, Toni www.triuvare.fi

I would look at get-mailbox using the OrganizationalUnit switch to filter the results, then pipe | it to search-mailbox to delete the content I am assuming Exchange 2010.

A_D was right, Please see below on how to do it Step 1 : Check the Below Article , Give Appropriate Permissions for the Admin Cause By Default he wont have these permissions http://careexchange.in/deleting-a-specific-email-from-entire-organization-in-exchange-2010-2/ Step 2: Below command will Wipe of the Mailboxes in the particular OU Get-Mailbox -OrganizationalUnit "Careexchange.in/RootOUName" | Search-Mailbox -SeachQuery "Subject:'*'" -DeleteContent Satheshwaran Manoharan | Exchange 2003/2007/2010 | Blog:http://www.careexchange.in | Please mark it as an answer if it really helps you

Hi, Sorry, I forgot to inform you that this is for Exchange 2007 (latest SP). Can I still use the same command? Best regards, Toniwww.triuvare.fi

Hi, Sorry, I forgot to inform you that this is for Exchange 2007 (latest SP). Can I still use the same command? Best regards, Toniwww.triuvare.fi

ha ha !! Nope you cannot use it !! This below link should help you http://www.kevintaber.com/2009/06/09/search-for-and-delete-emails-in-exchange-2007-mailboxes-using-powershell/Satheshwaran Manoharan | Exchange 2003/2007/2010 | Blog:http://www.careexchange.in | Please mark it as an answer if it really helps you

ha ha !! Nope you cannot use it !! This below link should help you http://www.kevintaber.com/2009/06/09/search-for-and-delete-emails-in-exchange-2007-mailboxes-using-powershell/Satheshwaran Manoharan | Exchange 2003/2007/2010 | Blog:http://www.careexchange.in | Please mark it as an answer if it really helps you

You can still use get-mailbox and the OrganizationalUnit filter however.

You can still use get-mailbox and the OrganizationalUnit filter however.

Hi, Thanks for your help. I managed to empty the mailboxes with these instructions. Best regards, Toniwww.triuvare.fi

Hi, Thanks for your help. I managed to empty the mailboxes with these instructions. Best regards, Toniwww.triuvare.fi