It's very much a per-company kinda thing. It isn't supported, and there are good specific reasons for that.
I will say that if your environment is all SMBv2, you're probably OK (although the support stance has not changed, primarily [I believe] because MSFT wants people to move away from using PSTs). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:53 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Email Retention Strategies We store all PST files on the network file server, and users have no issues accessing them. CFee -----Original Message----- From: Eric [mailto:seag...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 Email Retention Strategies We are looking at limiting the age of messages for our users to 45 days. Users can then archive messages older than 45 days to a PST file. Unfortunately it is recommended that PST files should only be accessed locally so backing up this data is difficult since it would reside on each persons local hard drive. What other strategies have people come across? Or useful links? Thanks! Eric
