Deallocating Exchange resources for a mailbox by using XML

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

Important

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

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

Example of a request that calls the DeallocateMailbox procedure

<request>
  <execute namespace="Exchange Resource Manager" procedure="DeallocateMailbox">
	<executeData>
	<mailbox>LDAP://cn=ExchUser1,ou=ExchOrg1,dc=contoso,dc=com</mailbox>
	</executeData>
	<after source="executeData" destination="data" sourcePath="path" />
  </execute>
</request>

Input for DeallocateMailbox

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the mailbox.
In the <mailbox> element, enter the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the mailbox.
```
<mailbox>LDAP://LDAP path of the mail-enabled object associated with the mailbox</mailbox>
```

Typical response for DeallocateMailbox

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/).