Deleting an organization by using XML

Use the DeleteOrganizationalUnit procedure of the Managed Active Directory namespace to delete an organization.

This procedure expects to be called with impersonate="1". The procedure impersonates the caller.

Example of a request that calls the DeleteOrganizationalUnit procedure

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Managed Active Directory" procedure="DeleteOrganizationalUnit">
	<executeData>
		<org>LDAP://OU=Reseller1,OU=Hosting,DC=contoso,DC=com</org>
		<preferredDomainController>myPrimaryDC.contoso.com</preferredDomainController>
	</executeData>
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Input for DeleteOrganizationalUnit

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the organization
Use the <org> element to specify the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the organizational unit that you want to delete.
```
<org>LDAP://LDAP path of the organization</org>
```
Preferred domain controller (optional)
By using the <preferredDomainController> element, you can specify the preferred domain controller that you want to use for this request. Using a single preferred domain controller eliminates replication delays that arise between multiple controllers.

This information is optional.
```
<preferredDomainController>your domain controller</preferredDomainController>
```

Typical response for DeleteOrganizationalUnit

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Managed Active Directory" procedure="DeleteOrganization">
	<executeData>
		<org>LDAP://OU=Reseller1,OU=Hosting,DC=contoso,DC=com</org>
		<preferredDomainController>myPrimaryDC.contoso.com
		</preferredDomainController>
	</executeData>
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Important

Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that the procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).