Re: roaming profile and outlook .pst.

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Nick Oliver <nicko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
This is true, and while I am very aware of that article and the issues
concerning it, and normally I don't recommend things that are
contrary to anything in a MS KB, I found myself required by a client
to do this (against my judgement and advice) and they have been
running like this for about 8 years now and have not had a single
problem. Does this mean that everyone will have no problems? No,
but it also means that if you give your clients the correct advice,
about this and even show them the MS documentation, and they still
request it (unless it's completely absurd), then you have them sign
off and do their bidding. I very seldom have to do that as they
normally listen, but on things like this when I've stated the case, I
will allow it.

Sure, I've run into this myself. I do my best to discourage it, and make
sure they know the potential consequences.

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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Nick Oliver <nicko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Do they have home directories? Move the pst files to their home
folders somewhere, like z:\email and have outlook look there for
them. I understand that MS does not recommend placing pst files on
a network share, but in your case, I'd certainly recommend it.

Pardon my jumping in....

Beyond "not recommending" it, MS outright doesn't support it. PST
files must be stored & accessed from the local hard drive. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297019

Can you do it anyway? Sure. But just because you can, doesn't mean
you should. You can run into all kinds of problems - performance
issues are the most immediate, but data corruption & loss looms not
far behind. And if the reason the users have PST files is because
they're humongous, opening them over the network is probably even
more foolhardy.

Nick

"NMP" <NMP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've configured SBS2003 premium, and configured roaming profile for
all users
and folder redirection, but my sticking point for true roaming
profiles is outlook .pst folder. This is stored in the Local
Settings folder, which I understand does not roam through group
policy. HOWEVER, I recall in 2000, it
was possible to tweak this folder to roam, through group policy.
Searching exhaustively, I simply cannot find the documentation
around this. Can anyone
help me out here?

Thanks


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