[THIN] Re: OST Files

Thanks guys for the opinions
 
Let me explain what Im up against
I work for a Broadband Company who does not really understand Citrix
Server Farm in the Netherlands.......affiliates around Europe
So everytime they accuire a company they go and  throw out all their hardware 
and replace it all new, put in exhange server,sms etc
I have suggested we keave there local infurstructure intact and give them our 
services over Citrix.
The response was what will users do if they were working on a train using 
outlook (no internet connection).........how will they syn back to there 
mailbox (there will be no local Exchange server, only via Citrix which will be 
based in the Netherlands)
(I have a very small group who dont like Citrix, hence the painful questions)
 
I said give the users UMTS PCIMA cards and there is no issue
 
 
Thanks to your comment I have a few things to check out with the exchange guys
 
 

Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I only have a small number of mobile uses on Citrix.  Prior to this, they used 
Outlook 2003 with RPC over HTTP (as I use for every fat client outside my 
corporate office).  RPC over HTTP, when combined with cached mode, is almost as 
good, if not better at times, then using Citrix (in my opinion).  With cached 
mode, there is no delay in opening e-mails, but without it, there is delay 
based on bandwith.  Cached mode means your e-mail is delayed slightly for 
incoming/outgoing, but we're talking < 1 minute even in the worst case 
scenarios from my experience.
 
Now, having said that, I tell my mobile uses that use Citrix to never use their 
local Outlook.  Ok, so there are a few times we tell them they might want to 
use it, primarily if they are on an airplane, or need to lookup info.  This is 
still an issue, because, if they never open it to let their cache update, the 
info they may be looking for is not there.  
 
In reality, of the few mobile users I have, only 1 or 2 of them would even use 
their laptop in an offline mode for Outlook.  Those 1 or 2 people are smart 
enough to understand that they need to let their local Outlook update the 
cache, and if they compose mail in it when offline, they need to let it send 
that mail when they get a connection again.
 
What's my point?  I think you'll find that if you got the straight and narrow 
out of your mobile users, you'll find 99% of them don't use their e-mail when 
they don't have an internet connection, thus they don't take advantage of an 
offline/cached mode in the first place, and it's not an issue. 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Russell Robertson
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 5:38 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OST Files


Hhhmmm, I've tried a couple of times to answer this question and I'm not sure 
hat you want to do. 
 
If your mobile user is offline, they are offline. If they use Outlook locally 
it's going to wait till there is a connection. If you are remote and get a 
connection, local Outlook can only connect via rpc over http or using 
functionality via MSAM. This will get your local Outlook connected to remote 
Exchange.
 
But if you get connectivity, performance is always going to be better (IMHO) 
using Citrix to connect.
 
Do this help/make sense?
 
Cheers
 
Russell
Russell Robertson
Skibo Technologies
E: russell.robertson@xxxxxxxxx
W: www.skibo.com 

Microsoft Certified Partners
Citrix Solutions Advisers
Northern Business Star Awards Finalists 2005 




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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Mario Nicoletatos
Sent: 29 October 2005 19:26
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OST Files




I would appreciate some opinions on how you all deliver locally installed 
outlook(mobile users) syncing back to Citrix based mail

 

 

Basically if a mobile users works offline how will the user be able to Syn 
there unsent mail back to the exchange server

There will be no local exchange server

 

 

 

 

Thnxs in advance

 

 


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