[THIN] Re: Outlook Exchange Cached Mode
- From: Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:07:57 -0400
Yes that is available. I will have to consider that as well. These remote
users are very un-savvy computer users, and one could argue OWA would be easier
as well.
I also wonder if Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010 will have full EWS support,
eliminating MAPI connections via Outlook Anywhere, which would also eliminate
cached mode being as important. I also wonder if that's even coming with
Exchange 2007 SP2 and a hotfix for Outlook 2007 (kind of like how Exchange over
HTTP(S) was added with a hotfix initially)
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Daniel Sidler
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:59 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Outlook Exchange Cached Mode
Sensitivity: Private
Does your Exchange hosting provider let you access the mailboxes trough Outlook
Web Access? With Exchange 2007 this is a pretty decent interface and, when
accessed from their TS remote desktops, would give your users (almost) the same
features as fat Outlook.
Cheers,
Dan
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Evan Mann
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:28 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Outlook Exchange Cached Mode
I'm supporting a small home based HVAC business that has a 2008 Terminal Server
so a few field employees can connect in remotely to access a repository of
documents. They want to legitimize themselves on e-mail and stop using
yahoo/gmail/ISP e-mails. I've signed them up for a Hosted Exchange service but
ran into a problem last night. No cached exchange mode in Terminal Server due
to the disabling of support for OST files (and offline files in general)
Quick search, yes, disabled on purpose by MS. Lots of potential hacks, none of
them work. I tried a few things of my own, but no go. I know the reasons for
disabling OST, but none of them are concerns for this small business who has 3
users who use terminal server. Moving to in house e-mail is not an option.
Hosted Exchange without cached mode is simply not usable. Most e-mails contain
a minimum attachment size of 1 MB and even working through text only e-mails in
the mailbox is painfully slow. Moving e-mail in house is not a viable option.
The best I can do is setup these users for IMAP, but they lose all the
collaboration benefits. Some would consider the simply fix is to deploy
Outlook Anywhere to their local desktop, but that doesn't do much good when 99%
of their e-mailing requirements saving/attaching of company documents, only
available on the terminal server.
There is no budget to spend more money to change the way things work. So I'm
out of ideas. Does anyone know of some "inside" info to enable OST/Cached Mode
support on 2008 TS?
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