The OST/PST file (essentially the same thing used in different ways) was never intended for multiple, simultaneous access. I was part of thT discussion back in the day when the decision was made and I know the architecture has not changed.
Short version: you're correct in your surmise. Also, roaming profile = bad IMHO. > On Aug 1, 2014, at 8:54, "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > I have an interesting problem with two staff members. We're using > Outlook 2010, Exchange 2010 SP3... > > I've got a couple of staff in our Australia who are experiencing auth > popups frequently for Outlook when it is open. > > It turns out that this office has roaming profiles - but most of the > staff over there don't have this problem (and nobody here in the US > does, and we don't use roaming profiles.) > > However, I found out yesterday that one of the two (don't know about > the other yet) seems to be logged into two different machines > simultaneously. > > I suspect that using multiple instances of Outlook pointing to the > same OST file might be causing this - can anyone (dis)confirm that > this might be the root of the problem? I don't have a good way to test > it here, so am hoping someone has run into this and figured it out. > > Thanks, > > Kurt > >
