Tip: How to delete the default Shared Services Provider (SSP)

Here’s a quick tip for anyone new at administrating MOSS 2007.

When attempting to delete the default SSP through Central Administration, the “Delete” option is grayed out. To work around this, run the below command using STSADM.

stsadm –o deletessp –deletedatabases -force
The “–deletedatabases” parameter is optional. The “–force” parameter is required when deleting the default SSP. It’s optional when deleting any other SSP, and is used to force the timer job to complete the deletion.