Windows – How to remove ExchangeActiveSyncDevices child object without exchange installed

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We've recently migrated to Server 2016 from SBS 2011. We disabled / removed 90% of Exchange under the previous SysAdmin so unfortunately there are a few issues.

We have come across these when setting up Azure AD Sync for Office 365.

There are Sync errors occuring for the users that had ExchangeActiveSyncDevices on the old local exchange server. This fortunately is only 5 of us, but we need to fix it.

Using both ldp.exe and ADSI Edit you get an access denied error when trying to remove the child object.

Is there a way to forcefully remove these child objects without exchange being installed?

Cheers.

Best Answer

Try to use ADUC to delete the elements (its not recommended, but might work for you). You need to use the "view -> users, Contacts, Groups, and Computers as containers" option:

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Then the ActiveSync elements will show:

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