{"id":650,"date":"2012-09-18T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=650"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:47:00","slug":"clearing-ocslync-attributes-from-user-accounts-in-ad-after-removing-ocs-or-lync-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/09\/18\/clearing-ocslync-attributes-from-user-accounts-in-ad-after-removing-ocs-or-lync-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing OCS\/Lync attributes from user accounts in AD after removing OCS or Lync server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Rice from our office just posted this on our internal blogs.&#160; He asked me to post it here as he has not yet set up his external blog.&#160; John has been setting up a new Lync server internally and he has had to work hard to find \u201ccorrect\u201d information about how to install Lync every step of the way.&#160; This post contains valuable information on what to do if you have to clean up your AD after <strong>removing<\/strong> an older OCS or Lync server installation in order to be able to add users to your new Lync install.&#160;&#160; This does not apply if you are <strong>migrating <\/strong>to a new Lync install from OCS or another Lync (implies OCS and or Lync servers are still functioning in the domain).<\/p>\n<p>After you have removed an OCS Server or a Lync server from your Active Directory you will find that there are still various OCS or Lync Attributes defined on your user accounts <\/p>\n<p>Using ADSI Edit open up the Default Naming Context and move down to the OU where your users accounts are contained. <\/p>\n<p>Select a user and using the right mouse button choose properties. 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