I have an annoying error when I do things in EMC from time to time. It shows up like: Process w3wp.exe () (PID=5348). Object [CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF24SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com]. Property [PublicFolderDatabase] is set to value [mydomain.com/Configuration/Deleted Objects/Public Folder Database DEL:8ec9bf54-3b96-4432-b4d9-214b131dff0a], it is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory. This property should be fixed as soon as possible. I go to "CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF24SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com" in ADSIEdit and don't see a "PublicFolderDatabase" attribute but I do see an attribute called siteFolderServer containing "CN=Public Folder Database\0ADEL:8ec9bf54-3b96-4432-b4d9-214b131dff0a,CN=Deleted Objects,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com". I don't use public folders. Can I blank that attribute out? FYI: [PS] C:\Windows\system32>$pf = Get-MailboxDatabase [PS] C:\Windows\system32>if(!$pf.PublicFolderDatabase) { Write-Host "is null" } is null [PS] C:\Windows\system32>

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996485(EXCHG.80).aspx the "sitefolderserver" attrinute should be the DN of a working public folder database Dhruv

I don't use public folders, so I don't have a working public folder database.

yes you can blank out this attribute. in a pure exchange 2007 enviorment i have not seen that attribute. did you migrate from 2003. or select you have older version of clients during installation ? if yes. you would get alert about invalid sitefolderserver attribute value Dhruv

I'm running Exchange 2010 SP1. I migrated from 2007. And before that migrated from 2003. I guess it came along for the ride? Can you confirm it's ok to delete in a pure Exchange 2010 SP1 environment? TIA.

before you blank out the value for SiteFolderServer attribute. please ensure that the offline address book distribution is not set to public folder. also please remove the public folder as "default public folder" from properties of all mailboxdatabases. after doing these steps it is likely that you do not get event if you still do. you can remove the value. as this attribute not relevant in your configuration Dhruv

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>$oab = Get-OfflineAddressBook [PS] C:\Windows\system32>$oab.PublicFolderDistributionEnabled False [PS] C:\Windows\system32>$md = Get-MailboxDatabase [PS] C:\Windows\system32>if(!$md.PublicFolderDatabase) {Write-Host "is false"} is false Are these what you're talking about? Is it safe to delete the value?