Comments on: Exchange 2010 remove disabled users from distribution group

By: Remigiusz Szatkowski

Remigiusz Szatkowski — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:56:50 +0000

This script will remove users disabled in Exchange. You can use below
[array]$mem = Get-DistributionGroupMember -id $_ -ResultSize Unlimited | where-object {$_.RecipientTypeDetails -eq “Disableduser”}
to find all uses not from specified OU.
or if you just want to find all Distribution Groups and remove all users whos Active Directory accounts are disabled then you can use this:
$groups = Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize Unlimited
foreach($group in $groups){
Get-DistributionGroupMember $group |
?{$_.RecipientType -like ‘*User*’ -and $_.ResourceType -eq $null} | Get-User | ?{$_.UserAccountControl -match ‘AccountDisabled’} | Remove-DistributionGroupMember $group -Confirm:$false
}

you need to run this command in Exchange Management Shell.

By: New to PS

New to PS — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:54:44 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. So would I replace Get-DistributionGroupMember -id $_ -ResultSize Unlimited | where-object {($_.identity -like “domain/company/Corporate1/Users/*” -or $_.identity -like “domain/company/Corporate2/Users*”) -and $_.RecipientTypeDetails -eq “Disableduser”} with Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -UsersOnly?

By: Remigiusz Szatkowski

Remigiusz Szatkowski — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:17:03 +0000

Hi
If you use this script you don’t have to modify it. It will find disabled users in specified group and remove them. But if you want to find all disabled users in Active Directory then you need to start powershell console then import-module activedirectory and next run:
Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -UsersOnly
this will return all disabled users in AD.

By: New to PS

New to PS — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:18:15 +0000

Hi there,

I’m fairly new to PS, how would I modify this to search for disabled AD users? Would I need to import that AD module and then do something like a variable for get-aduser -filter disabled?

By: Remigiusz Szatkowski

Remigiusz Szatkowski — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:24:24 +0000

Exaclty, this script removes disabled mailbox from distribution group. If you need to remove disabled AD accounts you can easly modify this script.
If you will have any problems with this let me know.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:12:47 +0000

Just figured out my problem after examining the script more closely. It works for Disabled accounts in Exchange, not in AD which is what I was looking for. I think I still may find use for this excellent script.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:47:23 +0000

I cannot get this to work. It does run, but the log file is blank