ADClean.exe Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard

The Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard is a tool for merging duplicate Active Directory account that is created when multiple directories are migrated or upgraded to Active Directory.

The cleanup wizard searches Active Directory for duplicate Windows NT accounts, and then suggests merge operations that would remove the duplicate accounts. Once an operation has been selected the wizard merges various account types, their attributes and their properties into a single user account.

Removing duplicate accounts in your Active Directory environment can help improve performance for Exchange Servers.

The Active Directory Account Cleanup Tool allows you to:

• Identify duplicate objects to be merged. You can have the wizard search or you can manually select duplicate account from Active Directory that you want to merge.
• Review and modify merge operations before you merge the duplicate accounts
• Export and import lists of accounts
• Use command line options to run the wizard.

Active Directory Account Cleanup is a command line tool ADClean.exe that is installed in the SystemRoot\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Bin folder.

Applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition

For more information and complete command line options see links below

Company: Microsoft
Websites: ADClean Command Line Options | How to Run the Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard