Deallocating Exchange resources for a public folder by using XML

Use the DeallocatePublicFolder procedure of the Exchange Resource Manager namespace to release the storage allocation for a public folder. This procedure changes the status of the Exchange resources for that public folder and makes them available so that they can be provisioned again.

Important

This procedure does not delete the public folder. For more information on deleting a public folder, see Deleting a public folder by using XML.

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

Example of a request that calls the DeallocatePublicFolder procedure

<request>
 <procedure>
   <execute namespace="Exchange Resource Manager" procedure="DeallocatePublicFolder">
	 <executeData>
	 <organization>LDAP://ou=ExchOrg1,dc=contoso,dc=com</organization>
	 <publicStore>
		 <folderPath>folder1</folderPath>
	 </publicStore>
	 </executeData>
	 <after source="executeData" destination="data" mode="merge" />
  </execute>
 </procedure>
</request>

Input for DeallocatePublicFolder

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the owning organization.
In the <organization> element, enter the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the organization that owns the public folder.
```
<organization>LDAP://LDAP path of the hosting organization</organization>
```
Exchange path of public folder.
In the <folderPath> element, enter the Exchange path for the public folder to be removed from the pool of allocated resources.
```
<folderPath>folder path</folderPath>
```

Typical response for DeallocatePublicFolder

The response to this procedure does not contain significant data.

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/).