Re: Managing outlook archive settings using exchange/gpo

Thanks for the responce... All other issues I will open as new threads...

Thanks Again,
Sasha Sandow

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

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Archiving or deleting items reduces the used space in the databases, leaving
it as free space (slack). As you add items back in, the new items will go
into the free space until it's used up, then the databases will start
increasing in size again as needed. The only thing that will actually
reduce the size of the existing databases is an offline defrag. Since an
offline defrag is some work and carries a little risk of database issues, I
wouldn't do it unless you think the reduction is permanent, and you need to
recover the space. By that I mean something like, you eliminated half your
staff. If you're keeping around the same number of mailboxes, the free
space will get used again eventually, so the gain from an offline defrag
will be minimal and temporary.


"Q Logic" <QLogic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Maybe Someone could advise me on this... I have started the process of
auto-archiving... I have moved about 6 to 8GB into PST files... The
problem
is the exchange store has not reduced in size at all... Do I need to
restart
the store or is there something else I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Sasha

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

This is a good news /bad news situation. Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/office/orkarchive/2003ddl.htm and get the
download
called "Office 2003 Policy Template Files and Deployment Planning Tools."
Get the ADM files (group policy templates) and install the Outlook 2003
ADM
in a new GPO that you create for this purpose. You'll find the auto
archive
settings in that ADM. Post back if you have questions about how to do
this
after reading the info that comes with the download.

The bad news is, Microsoft does not support the use of PST files over a
network. There are issues of performance and, more importantly, data
corruption. You can probably figure out a system to auto-archive the
files,
then copy the archive.pst files to a network share for backup or other
purposes, while having the users work off a locally installed copy. I
have
briefly used a PST over a network while in the middle of a project where
I
was temporarily working from two offices, but I would definitely not
recommend it for anything I considered a production environment.

By the way, if you familiarize yourself with the use of those ADM
templates
from the Office Resource Kit, you'll find you're able to eliminate 99% of
any manual Office configuration you're doing currently.


"Rosewood" <rosewod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've come to the conclusion that I need to use archived folders more.
However, I want these archived .pst folders to be saved to a network
share
so that I never have to dig again to find someone's archive.pst file.

Is there a way to set the archive settings for a user using
gpo/exchange,
including how often and where the archive.pst should be stored?







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