They are not remote - not in the sense you mean. They have an Exchange server locally with all three roles.
Kurt On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Aakash Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Since these are remote staff, can you confirm that the Outlook Anywhere > settings are set so that Outlook is set to use HTTP first for BOTH fast and > slow networks? > > Otherwise, I'm not sure. Someone else may have other ideas though. > > -Aakash Shah > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Exchange] Outlook and roaming profiles > > They are getting frequent requests for authentication, and have to > enter their credentials frequently throughout the day - as frequently > as every 10-15 minutes. > > looked, and yes, you are correct - the OST files are on the local > machine, not in the profile. > > So, that still leaves me wondering why these two, and only these two, > out of forty staff members, are having this problem. > > Any thoughts on that? > > Kurt > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Aakash Shah <[email protected]> wrote: >> The default location for the OST file is %localappdata%\Microsoft\Outlook, >> which is not included in the roaming profile. So unless the default >> location was somehow changed to be in %appdata%, the OST files are not being >> shared, and are unique on each computer (it would be best to confirm though >> by checking Outlook). >> >> I would also check to see if any PST files exist on the network since this >> may be causing problems too. >> >> What do the pop up messages state? >> >> One area where roaming profiles do have problems is with multiple versions >> of Outlook - if you attempt to open Outlook on a computer with an older >> version of Outlook, it will likely fail/cause problems - Outlook problems >> are not backwards compatible from what I've seen. >> >> -Aakash Shah >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 9:34 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Exchange] Outlook and roaming profiles >> >> Excellent. Thanks for the feedback. >> >> I agree on roaming profiles - we tried them in this office years ago, >> and it caused nothing but problems. That office seems to love them, >> however. We're working on trying to wean them off of them, but it's a >> definite layer 8 problem. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
