auto archivie folder location

Hi,
the default location of auto archive is a folder in user's profile on the
local machine. Is there a way so that I can change the location of this
folder for all users to the user's home folder on a network share, e.g.
H:\outlook\archive, where the H: drive maps the user's home folder in a
network share?
Thanks in advance,

Brian
Tue May 06 06:04:55 PDT 2008

tree leafs <treeleafs@hotmail.com> wrote:

> the default location of auto archive is a folder in user's profile on
> the local machine. Is there a way so that I can change the location
> of this folder for all users to the user's home folder on a network
> share, e.g. H:\outlook\archive, where the H: drive maps the user's
> home folder in a network share?

PSTs on a network share is a poor idea. Microsoft doesn't support it and
states that it can lead to PST corruption.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

JB
Tue May 06 13:11:53 PDT 2008

Besdies that - they are huge.....your network will grind down if you have
enough users trying to move .pst files at once.

"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> tree leafs <treeleafs@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> the default location of auto archive is a folder in user's profile on
>> the local machine. Is there a way so that I can change the location
>> of this folder for all users to the user's home folder on a network
>> share, e.g. H:\outlook\archive, where the H: drive maps the user's
>> home folder in a network share?
>
> PSTs on a network share is a poor idea. Microsoft doesn't support it and
> states that it can lead to PST corruption.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

tree
Wed May 07 03:29:50 PDT 2008

Thanks all.
but if keep all the archived folders on local machines, how to get them
backed up?

"JB" <jb@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Besdies that - they are huge.....your network will grind down if you have
> enough users trying to move .pst files at once.
>
> "Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Od$Gjp3rIHA.1952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> tree leafs <treeleafs@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> the default location of auto archive is a folder in user's profile on
>>> the local machine. Is there a way so that I can change the location
>>> of this folder for all users to the user's home folder on a network
>>> share, e.g. H:\outlook\archive, where the H: drive maps the user's
>>> home folder in a network share?
>>
>> PSTs on a network share is a poor idea. Microsoft doesn't support it and
>> states that it can lead to PST corruption.
>> --
>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Brian
Wed May 07 04:53:54 PDT 2008

tree leafs <treeleafs@hotmail.com> wrote:

> but if keep all the archived folders on local machines, how to get
> them backed up?

The PFBackup tool from Microsoft is one way. Instead of starting Outlook
directly, starting it from a batch job that copies the local PSTs to a
network share (for backup, not for use) first, then starts Outlook is
another.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]