In Exchange 5.5, users were added and deleted from the domain via Active Directory Users and Computers in a child domain.
The server was replaced and accounts migrated to Exchange 2003.
The two of the long since deleted accounts remained. In Exchange 2003/Windows 2003, the users do not appear in any UI EXCEPT in the Global Address List (GAL).
We have since upgraded that server to Windows 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010. The two orphaned users persist.
If we try to recreate a user with the same alias as the long since gone one, it says the user already exists. However, we can't see it to remove it form Active Directory.
In Exchange 2010, I can see the two rogue users mailboxes in the Exchange Management Console. The odd part is on the child domain, I don't see them. However, in the parent domain, I see the users and the OU calls out the child domain as the location of the user.
When I try to remove the account via Exchange 2010, I get the message:
Error:
The operation couldn't be performed because the object 'child2.domain.com/Users/user name CNF:1ee0a40e-bc50-417f-b2ce-ba00dd62f786' couldn't be found on 'dc.domain.com'.
How do I locate and remove these two users short of rebuilding the domain from scratch? Obviously, THAT is not going to happen. LOL
Thanks in advance.
Jim.
