You can't eliminate the last replica of system folders in your organization, if you've create a PF DB on the highest version Exchange in the organization.
To say that another way, if you migrate from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, and you create a PF DB on Exchange 2010, you must keep a replica of the system folders in the organization. Hopefully, you have at least two complete sets of replicas. I think that your goal is likely to cause more trouble than benefit it provides. I'd raise a case with CSS/PSS if you really want to do this. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 6:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders True, but cleaning unneeded stuff now prevents having to figure out which is which if there ever is a crisis down the line. Kinda like reducing your attack surface; I'd rather have fewer things that can use up system resources. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders hmmm, if it ain't broke, don't fix it? >>> Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com> 7/25/2011 3:00 PM >>> No they're probably not, but, they're probably also not causing you any problems. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders Well, I'm pretty sure I've got some extras from old servers and I was setting out to clean up the old ones. For instance I have 5 OWAScratchPad and 5 StoreEvents. But, when I tried to determine which ones were active, I found that neither of my database GUIDs matched the GUIDs on the names of the public folders, which leads me to believe they're not needed at all. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]<mailto:[mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders I don't expect that it's possible to have normal folders without the system ones. I would leave it alone. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]<mailto:[mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 System Public Folders Now that we're 100% Outlook 2007/2010 and Exhchange 2010, is there any reason I shouldn't delete the System Public Folders? 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