Hello, We've recently had issues with migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007 (now to 2010), initially I had installed Exchange 2007 on an alternate machine from our Exchange 2003 server. Management now wishes to skip Exchange 2007 and go straight to Exchange 2010, unfortunately I'm having trouble uninstalling Exchange 2007; "Uninstall cannot continue. Database 'Public Folder Database': The public folder database "SERVER\Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database" contains folder replicas." I tried to remove all the folders within the Public Folder but was unable to remove "Internet Newsgroup", is there any method of removing this public folder? or any other method of uninstalling Exchange 2007. (Related old thread) http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/4acd693a-385d-4cb7-833d-8bd303192292 Thanks, Tom

did you get a chance to have a look into this http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/Q_24061012.htmlI am sure its not because of the internet new group. Some thing else is stoppping the uninstall. Raj

Please verify the replica of newsgroup folder, have you remove the exchange 2007 from the replica list? Get-PublicFolder -Recurse | Ft -Wrap Name,Replicas How to Remove the First Exchange 2007 Server in a Coexistence ScenarioJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com