I'm trying to remove user photos from all users/mailboxes in Exchange 2013. Documentation is hard to find, most of the documentation seems to refer to previous versions of Exchange, and the methods used there no longer seem to work.
- We're using Exchange 2013 with CU2 installed, and Outlook 2010 with SP1 in online mode.
- Replication between the Domain Controllers (2x Server 2012 and one Server 2008 R2) is working correctly (checked with dcdiag /e /v).
- Domain and Forest functional levels are at 2008 R2.
I have tried running the following PowerShell commands:
Get-MailboxDatabase | Get-Mailbox | Set-Mailbox -RemovePicture
Update-GlobalAddressList -Identity "Default Global Address List"
Update-OfflineAddressBook -Identity "Default Offline Address Book"
This removed the photo's from the AD-attributes 'photoThumbnail' (checked it using the Attribute Editor in ADUC - the command Get-Mailbox *username* | fl name,hasPicture
did return the value False), however the photo's are still present when I check in Outlook or WebApp.
I also tried using the following commands (this supposedly is the current method as of 2013):
Remove-UserPhoto "<name of user>"
Update-GlobalAddressList -Identity "Default Global Address List"
Update-OfflineAddressBook -Identity "Default Offline Address Book"
But this also seems to have had no effect.
I'm currently at a loss as to what more I can do to actually get rid of the photos and am considering resorting to a nasty cop-out (setting all user photo's to a white/grey silhouette-photo).