If an old Exchange server is not part of a domain, does that imply that it can be safely removed without affecting mailflow?

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Published on 2013-10-23T20:41:19Z Indexed on 2013/10/23 21:55 UTC
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We are doing some cleanup, and there is an old Exchange VM hanging around that we want to get rid of. We do not have the local admin credentials, but we can ascertain that it is not part of the current domain. Seeing as the new production Exchange server is working fine, is it safe to power off and remove the old server?

*I should probably note that this is not an Edge Transport server. There was an upgrade to Exchange 2013 at some point in the past, and there is only one functioning Exchange server now.

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