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Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory

Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory

This warning is caused by Exchange not cleaning up the Active Directory the way it should. It should have emptied the msExchHomePublicMDB value in CN=EXCH2013,CN=Mailbox Database 1406403115,CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=local

You will probably find more warnings with Event Id 2937 and the easiest way to fix those is to set a filter on the Application Log on Event Id 2937. Each warning will show the path to the value that needs to be changed or deleted. Make sure you do the right thing!

After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory

Here is how we fix this. We delete the value in msExchHomePublicMDB. If you have multiple mailbox databases repeat it for all the databases in your Exchange Administrative Group

  1. Open ADSI Edit from the Administrative Tools
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  2. Right click and choose Connect to…
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  3. From the dropdown choose Configuration and click OK
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  4. Drilldown to the Hive CN=Mailbox Database xxxx and right click and choose Properties
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  5. Scroll down until you see msExchHomePublicMDB and check if you see the word Deleted Objects in the value, if so you have the correct one. Click Edit
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  6. Click Clear
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  7. It shows and that is what we need, click OK
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory
  8. Click OK and restart System Attendant and the Store.
    After migrating Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 you get Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory

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