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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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9.14. Finding or Changing the Site Folder Server

Problem

You want to know which public folder server is holding the role of site folder server, or you need to change that role to fix a public folder replication problem.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

To find out what server is the site folder server for an administrative group, do the following:

  1. Open ADSI Edit (adsiedit.msc).

  2. Find the msExchAdminGroup object for the administrative group whose site folder server you want to check. The object you're looking for will be tucked away under:

    CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Organization,CN=Microsoft 
    Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=Domain,DC=com
  3. Right-click the object for your administrative group and select Properties.

  4. Click the Attribute Editor tab.

  5. Under the Attributes column, click SiteFolderServer.

  6. Click Edit. The distinguished name in the Value field is the full path to the server that currently holds the site folder server role.

To change the server designated as the site folder server for an administrative group, do the following:

  1. Open ADSI Edit (adsiedit.msc).

  2. Find the msExchAdminGroup object for the administrative group whose site folder server you want to change.

  3. Expand the administrative group object and its child CN= Servers object.

  4. Locate the server that you want to act as the site public folder server. Expand its object and the CN= Information Store object it contains, then expand whichever storage group object has the public folder store.

  5. Right-click the public folder ...

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