Lock PST location

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Hello all,

Is there a way to lock the location of a PST file so that a user can add
email to it but not move it? We want to force users to keep their PST's on
the server. Also, is there a way where a user can have a PST but cannot add
another PST? For example we want to provision the user's PST on the server,
let them add mail to it but that is it. We don't want users to delete,
move, or copy the provisioned PST and we don't want them to add another PST.
I think that the DisablePST setting will work but is there a way to make the
PST location mandatory?

Thanks,

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No, but you can enforce a default pst-location by using Group Policy. There
are adm-templates for that in the Office Resource Kit.

Note that pst-files were never designed to be stored on networkdrives. It is
not recommended and supported by Microsoft. Storing them on a network drive
easily leads to corruption of the file, slow respondses and data loss.

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Roady,

Thank you for your reply. I have extensive experience with the CIW and have
seen that setting. I wanted to comment on one thing though. I have seen in
numerous places people discussing the notion that pst's should not be stored
on a network. I have been working with Exchange and Outlook for over 8
years now and have worked with numerous companies that store .pst on the
network. We have not ran into corruption issues beyond the normal user that
insists on having a .pst over a 1GB. Now with Outlook 2003 even MS own KB
articles mention putting .pst files on a network.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;829971
 
Thank you for your reply. I have extensive experience with the CIW and have
seen that setting. I wanted to comment on one thing though. I have seen in
numerous places people discussing the notion that pst's should not be stored
on a network. I have been working with Exchange and Outlook for over 8
years now and have worked with numerous companies that store .pst on the
network. We have not ran into corruption issues beyond the normal user that
insists on having a .pst over a 1GB. Now with Outlook 2003 even MS own KB
articles mention putting .pst files on a network.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;829971
Click to expand...

Thanks for that link. Funny that Microsoft now offers advice for the network
share approach. From a development perspective I understand in the past
why they discouraged it. Maybe Outlook 2003 checks the buffer better.


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Thanks for the link. The official statement of the Product Support Team has
been that it is still unsupported. I'll make sure that the KB article gets
reviewed.

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Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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