Note: To remove a provisioned Exchange server object from Active Directory before Exchange is installed on it, replace the /NewProvisionedServer switch with /RemoveProvisionedServer. Add the appropriate users to the Delegated Setup role group so they can install Exchange on the provisioned server.

Bridgehead Server is a computer running Microsoft Exchange Server that acts as an endpoint of a connector joining two Exchange sites. A bridgehead server is responsible for routing messages through that connector.

In the Exchange Admin Center navigate to Servers -> Database Availability Groups. Select the DAG and click the Manage DAG Membership button. Highlight the server name and click the Remove button. Click Save to complete the removal process.

The recommend way to uninstall Exchange 2010 is recover the older server back(setup.com /m:recoverserver), then go to uninstall it from control panel. Hi, Exchange 2010 Manual Un-Installation is UN-SUPPORTED. The Best way to Remove Exchange 2010 is Uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs.

To remove the default mailbox database,open Exchange Management Console → expand Organization Configuration → click on Mailbox → Navigate to Database Management tab → Right click on the mailbox database which you have to delete → click on Remove and click yes in the confirmation screen as shown below.

It should remove the Exchange server, not the Exchange attributes (this will only happen when removing the “last”/only Exchange server in an environment).” Although referring to 2007 this seems to imply that the automated uninstallation process will remove attributes on the last mail server in the domain.

Solution

1. Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in.
2. In the left pane, expand Sites , expand the site where the server you want to set as a bridgehead is contained and expand the Servers container.
3. Right-click on the server you want to set as the bridgehead and select Properties.

A bridgehead server is a domain controller (DC) that functions as the primary route of Active Directory (AD) replication data moving into and out of sites. Therefore, if you have DCs from multiple domains in each of your sites, you’ll need multiple bridgehead servers to transport each domain’s replication traffic.

Launch Server Manager. Navigate to Roles > Active Directory Domain Services > Active Directory users and Computers > > Microsoft Exchange Security Groups. From the list of Exchange Servers, remove this server. Similarly, remove it from the list of Exchange Trusted Subsystem.

Remove a mailbox database

1. From the EAC, select Servers > Databases, and then click to select the appropriate mailbox.
2. Click Delete. to remove the mailbox database.

Navigate to Configuration > Services > Microsoft Exchange > {Organisation name} > Administrative Groups > {Administrative-Group-Name} > Databases >Delete the database from here (BE CAREFUL CHECK TWICE, DELETE ONCE!).

Remove Exchange Server attributes Right-click on CN=Microsoft Exchange and click delete. A warning will show if you are sure to delete this object, confirm with Yes. Do the same with CN=Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover, right-click and click delete.