RE: [ActiveDir] Roaming Profiles and Exchange

[Edwin]

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Well, I definitely do not want to have the PST file cause a slower logon time.  I am aware of the consequences of using a PST file in a remote location which is why I question it.  By that same token, I guess that is why it is not carried over into the users roaming profile.  I got the opinion of the list I was looking for.   Thank you for your responses.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Roaming Profiles and Exchange   Jack- You have a perfectly valid point and yet, millions of people live and die by PSTs, even in large corporations that "should know better". The reasons vary from inadequate central storage for Exchange to just plain old user preference. Hell, even I keep emails forever in PSTs--yea they're bad but it beats the heck out of having to groom my info store every week or month, and I have a wonderful history of my life in email that I can refer to at any time :-).   In any case Edwin, to answer your question--yes you should try avoiding PSTs altogether. Failing that, try to avoid having to roam them--its just messy. Finally, if you have to make them available from anywhere then I have used mapped drives to store PSTs before (e.g. the user's home directory). It isn't the greatest idea, especially when they get very large, but it is do-able--just be prepared for the occasional corrupted PST and you get issues with being able to back those PSTs up on the server if the user has them open (i.e. they've left Outlook open). You probably don't want to do anything to make them roam with the profile because any reasonably sized PST will cause the logon and logoff process to take forever--esp. when the user is remote to their server.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 6:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Roaming Profiles and Exchange Hmmmm how about..... DON'T USE PST's!! THEY ARE BAD!!   Does that cover it? If you have an Exchange Server, and judging by your subject I'm ass-u-me-ing that you do.... then use the Information Store - it's what it's designed for...... Centralised Backups, Single Instance Storage, etc.   If you're in any doubt about how bad PST's are, sign up to the Exchange list that Sunbelt software hosts and Post something along the lines of "I like PST's, what does the rest of the group think?" (remember to put on a flame retardant jacket and duck before you hit send :-)   You can find the list here: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/community.cfm   Or try reading this: http://snipurl.com/7a0f Full link is here: http://www.swinc.com/resources/exchange/faq_db.asp?status=questions&faqID=1000&faqname=Exchange%205.5&sectionID=1013&sectionName=Why%20PST%20=%20BAD (watch for wrapping)   HTH Jack       From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Sent: 23 June 2004 14:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Roaming Profiles and Exchange According to MS documentation, it is not a good idea to put Outlook *.pst files in a remote location such as a UNC path.  So what is the alternative if you are using roaming profiles?  The *.pst file does not seem to get copied over into the users Application Data folder when logging off or when moving to another computer.   At one point, I had the GPO set to delete locally cached copies of profiles but because of the above mentioned had to disable this option.     Thank in advance for your responses, Edwin