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From: SchoolTech on 16 Feb 2005 14:15
We are finding on our network that Outlook by default appears to create
its PST data files in the user's Local Settings folder of their profile
and that this folder is not uploaded as part of the user's roaming
profile back to the server when they log off.

This is a very strange situation because user's PST files contain useful
stuff like calendars and tasks, which, it appears, are not going to roam
with a user when they go to another machine and log on there. Also they
are not going to be backed up to the server from their local machine.


From: Dave - Dave.net.nz on 16 Feb 2005 14:37
SchoolTech wrote:
> We are finding on our network that Outlook by default appears to create
> its PST data files in the user's Local Settings folder of their profile
> and that this folder is not uploaded as part of the user's roaming
> profile back to the server when they log off.
>
> This is a very strange situation because user's PST files contain useful
> stuff like calendars and tasks, which, it appears, are not going to roam
> with a user when they go to another machine and log on there. Also they
> are not going to be backed up to the server from their local machine.

you should be able to make a group policy to fix that one.
From: AD. on 16 Feb 2005 15:32
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:15:08 +1300, SchoolTech wrote:

> We are finding on our network that Outlook by default appears to create
> its PST data files in the user's Local Settings folder of their profile
> and that this folder is not uploaded as part of the user's roaming profile
> back to the server when they log off.
>
> This is a very strange situation because user's PST files contain useful
> stuff like calendars and tasks, which, it appears, are not going to roam
> with a user when they go to another machine and log on there. Also they
> are not going to be backed up to the server from their local machine.

Ugghh PST files in roaming profiles. Thats just asking for potential
problems eg very long login times, bogged down networks, and potential
versioning issues.

Bad memories from my NT4 days are flooding back :)
That was before NT profiles had local sections.

The only real solution is a server based email/calandaring system eg
Exchange, MDaemon or even a web based one. I'm keeping my eye on Hula -
the one Novell open sourced yesterday.

--
Cheers
Anton

From: Bok on 17 Feb 2005 02:05
SchoolTech wrote:
> We are finding on our network that Outlook by default appears to create
> its PST data files in the user's Local Settings folder of their profile
> and that this folder is not uploaded as part of the user's roaming
> profile back to the server when they log off.
>
> This is a very strange situation because user's PST files contain useful
> stuff like calendars and tasks, which, it appears, are not going to roam
> with a user when they go to another machine and log on there. Also they
> are not going to be backed up to the server from their local machine.

If you want the outlook personal folders to be backed up from the
server, it's best to use folder redirection to locate them in the user's
home directory. It's not a great idea to include Outlook .pst files in a
roaming profile since they can get quite large.
From: SchoolTech on 17 Feb 2005 04:37
AD. wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:15:08 +1300, SchoolTech wrote:
>
>
>>We are finding on our network that Outlook by default appears to create
>>its PST data files in the user's Local Settings folder of their profile
>>and that this folder is not uploaded as part of the user's roaming profile
>>back to the server when they log off.
>>
>>This is a very strange situation because user's PST files contain useful
>>stuff like calendars and tasks, which, it appears, are not going to roam
>>with a user when they go to another machine and log on there. Also they
>>are not going to be backed up to the server from their local machine.
>
>
> Ugghh PST files in roaming profiles. Thats just asking for potential
> problems eg very long login times, bogged down networks, and potential
> versioning issues.
>
> Bad memories from my NT4 days are flooding back :)
> That was before NT profiles had local sections.
>
> The only real solution is a server based email/calandaring system eg
> Exchange, MDaemon or even a web based one. I'm keeping my eye on Hula -
> the one Novell open sourced yesterday.

We have a server based solution for mail, consequently the PST generally
only stores calendars and contacts etc. The largest PST file I have seen
to date in a user's profile is 6 MB.

Microsoft seems to have this short sighted approach that being aware of
the problems associated with PST files and roaming profiles, they can
just deal with them by making Outlook dump its PST file in an area that
does not roam.

I have the impression that MS discourages storing PST files in a network
drive, and the Synchronization Manager in XP reports errors when syncing
PST files on a user's network drive.


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