Lingering Objects and Tombstones in Active Directory

Lingering Objects and Tombstones in Active Directory

Issue

Due to the way Active Directory works when removing objects, administrators can run into directory issues with Unified Workspace when AD doesn't completely do away with the object (leaving a tombstone behind).


Finding and Removing Lingering objects (tombstone) from AD

This is a good article, from techtarget.com, on How to find and remove lingering objects in Active Directory.
(We also have a PDF copy of the article in case of an issue with the site.)

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