Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration

Syntax

Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration
      [-Identity] <XdsIdentity>
      [-Force]
      [-WhatIf]
      [-Confirm]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Address Book servers are intermediaries between AD DS and Skype for Business Server. The Address Book server ensures that the user information stored in Skype for Business Server is in synch with the user information stored in AD DS. This is done by periodically synching Address Book files with information stored in the User database.

In addition, Address Book servers periodically generate index files that are downloaded to computers running Skype for Business Server. When a user searches for contacts, he or she either search through these index files or search the Address Book index files stored in the Central Management store.

Address Book servers are governed using Address Book configuration settings; these settings determine such things as how often Address Book files are synchronized with the user database and how often these Address Book index files are generated. When you install Skype for Business Server, a set of global Address Book settings is created for you. You can also create custom configuration settings that can be applied to individual sites. These settings, if they exist, apply to any Address Book servers operating in the site and take precedence over the global settings.

The New-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet enables you to create site-level Address Book configuration settings. To later remove Address Book settings configured at the site scope, use the Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet. Note that you can also run the Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet against the global settings; however, the global settings cannot actually be removed. Instead, running the Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet against the global settings will reset all of the global properties to their default values.

Examples

-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------

Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration -Identity site:Redmond

In this example, the Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet is used to delete the Address Book configuration settings with the identity site:Redmond. Using the Identity parameter ensures that only the specified Address Book settings will be removed.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------

Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration -Filter site:* | Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration

In Example 2, all the Address Book setting collections configured at the site scope are removed. To do this, the Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet is used to retrieve a collection of all the Address Book settings that have been configured at the site scope; this is done by using the Filter parameter and the filter value "site:*". The retrieved collection is then piped to the Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet, which removes all the items in that collection.

-------------------------- Example 3 --------------------------

Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration | Where-Object {$_.KeepDuration -lt 30.} | Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration

Example 3 removes all the Address Book settings in which change files are kept for less than 30 days. To carry out this task, the Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet is used to return a collection of all the Address Book settings currently in use in the organization. This collection is then piped to the Where-Object cmdlet, which selects only those settings where the KeepDuration property is less than 30 days. (Note the syntax: 30., with a period following the number of days.) Finally, the filtered collection is piped to the Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet, which deletes each item in that collection.

Parameters

-Confirm

-Force

-Identity

-WhatIf

Inputs

Microsoft.Rtc.Management.WritableConfig.Settings.AddressBook.AddressBookSettings object. The Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet accepts pipelined input of Address Book configuration objects.

Outputs

The Remove-CsAddressBookConfiguration cmdlet does not return a value or object. Instead, the cmdlet removes instances of the Microsoft.Rtc.Management.WritableConfig.Settings.AddressBook.AddressBookSettings object.

Related Links

• Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration
• New-CsAddressBookConfiguration
• Set-CsAddressBookConfiguration