Exchange 2010 Extend Schema - Now I Can't Copy Users
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Friday, June 15, 2012 1:51 AM
Hi,
I have an odd issue.
We ran through a staged migration from Exchange 2003 to Office365 which seemed to be successful.
I then went ahead and decommissioned our Exchange 2003 mail server only to find I could no longer manage proxy addresses through ADUC I have to use adsiedit (OUCH) however I could copy user accounts when creating new users.
I was advised by MS that if I were to upgrade my schema to Exchange 2010 I would then have the ability to manage proxy addresses without using ADSI however that was not the case without an actual on premise exchange server.
Anyways so I'm now left with an extended schema and now I cannot copy user accounts. I get the following error:
"Windows cannot create the object <User> because the name reference is invalid"
How do I get this ability back?
Uninstalling exchange will not remove the schema as I'm sure you know and I dont think hacking up AD with Adsi is supported so how do I get out of this mess'?
- Edited by BuSt_OuT Friday, June 15, 2012 1:52 AM
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Friday, June 15, 2012 1:55 AM
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Friday, June 15, 2012 3:06 AM
Thanks for the link it helped me identify that the problem resides with the "showInAddressBook" field.
For Users who were migrated to Office365 they look to have the following entries, however new users have nothing and their accounts can be copied ok.
Seeing as all of our mail is in the cloud and there is no on premise exchange server can I remove these entries for the migrated users or will this cause problems?
NaZz
- Edited by BuSt_OuT Friday, June 15, 2012 3:07 AM
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Monday, June 18, 2012 2:24 AMModerator
Hi
You can read this problem on office 365 forum.
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/157/categories.aspx
Terence Yu
TechNet Community Support
- Edited by Terence YuModerator Monday, June 25, 2012 9:17 AM
- Marked As Answer by Terence YuModerator Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:23 AM

