Another vote for Google Apps on that front, presuming they have their own domain (Easy to get one otherwise), first 5 users are free too. 2009/8/26 Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Heh. LOL. That’s exactly what I thought when I mailed Evan off-list about > our solution J > > > > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Greg Reese > *Sent:* 26 August 2009 14:37 > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Outlook Exchange Cached Mode > > > > This is exactly the type of business that Google Apps for business was > designed for. legitimate email, cloud storage. Surprised that doesn't work > better. > > As for cached exchange mode, I don't know of any other hacks to try. You > could slap together something with VDI but you would be introducing a level > of complexity that overshadows the benefits. > > Greg > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > SUBJECT TO CONTRACT >