Re: Exchange Access from Remote Office

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 04/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:19:04 -0400

Not that I know of, alas.

Amanda wrote:
> They don't have workstations, they are running on Terminal Services
> through Wyse Terminals.
> Is there no way to have Exchange data available offline to users with
> a terminal server infrastructure?
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:#BvrTqwIEHA.1944@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi - no, cached mode won't work on TS, and I don't think you can
>> work around this. Why not set up Outlook to connect directly to the
>> server using cached mode on each user's workstation? Or use the
>> user-controlled OST method (I think you can still do this in OL2003)
>> and have them work offline by default, with regular scheduled syncs
>> in the background?
>>
>> Amanda wrote:
>>> I have a remote office that is connected through a VPN on a somewhat
>>> unreliable internet service. We have no other options for
>>> connectivity this point.
>>>
>>> We have Exchange 2003 with the clients running Outlook 2003 on a
>>> terminal server at their location. We were excited to hear about
>>> Outlook's cached Exchange mode because it would help the users
>>> retain access to their existing email should the VPN go down. We
>>> soon realized that Cached Exchange Mode is not supported on Terminal
>>> Services unfortunately.
>>>
>>> What I want to know is it at all possible to work around this or
>>> configure Exchange differently to allow for this redundancy? There
>>> are only 4 users at the remote Office to another Exchange server is
>>> not feasible. How can I give my users the access they need to their
>>> email should the VPN link go down?
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Amanda

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