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Remove an Address Book Policy

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Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Use this procedure to remove an address book policy (ABP).

Looking for other management tasks related to ABPs? Check out Managing Address Book Policies.

Prerequisites

You can’t remove an ABP if it is assigned to a user’s mailbox. To determine if an ABP is assigned to a user, run the following command in the Shell:

Get-Mailbox | Where $._AddressBookPolicy -eq <AddressBookPolicyName>

To remove an ABP from a user’s mailbox, you can use the Mailbox Settings tab of the mailbox’s property page or the Set-Mailbox cmdlet. For details, see Configure User and Resource Mailbox Properties.

Use the EMC to remove an ABP

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Address book policies" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Organization Configuration > Mailbox.

  2. In the result pane, on the Address Book Policies tab, select the ABP you want to remove.

  3. In the action pane, click Remove.

  4. In the warning dialog box that appears, click Yes to remove the ABP.

Use the Shell to remove an ABP

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Address book policies" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example removes the ABP named ABP_TailspinToys

Remove-AddressBookPolicy -Identity "ABP_TailspinToys"

For detailed syntax and parameter reference, see Remove-AddressBookPolicy.

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