Delete a UM auto attendant in Exchange Server
Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016
After you delete a Unified Messaging (UM) auto attendant, the incoming calls that were answered by the UM auto attendant must be answered by a human operator. A UM auto attendant can't be deleted if it's associated with a UM dial plan as the default UM auto attendant.
For additional management tasks related to UM auto attendants, see UM auto attendant procedures.
What do you need to know before you begin?
Estimated time to complete: Less than 1 minute.
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "UM auto attendants" entry in the Unified Messaging permissions topic.
Before you perform these procedures, confirm that a UM dial plan has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM dial plan.
Before you perform these procedures, confirm that a UM auto attendant has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM auto attendant.
For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Exchange admin center in Exchange 2013.
Tip
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Use the EAC to delete a UM auto attendant
In the EAC, navigate to Unified Messaging > UM dial plans. In the list view, select the UM dial plan you want to edit, and then click Edit
.On the UM Dial Plan page, under UM Auto Attendants, select the UM auto attendant you want to delete. On the toolbar, click Delete
. On the Warning page, click Yes.
Use the Shell to delete a UM auto attendant
This example deletes a UM auto attendant named MyUMAutoAttendant.
Remove-UMAutoAttendant -Identity MyUMAutoAttendant