I agree pretty much with this layout. I have beaten this horse and still it rides. I have managed to at least get most of my people to create a pst for basically each year. Some have gone to more frequent than this, quarterly for a couple. The reason for this? Large PST's corrupt much easier than small ones. This has kept them from getting to big in most cases.
If you can't beat them with Technological Solutions then you have to pound them with education and knowledge. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Di Nardo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Slightly OT: PST policies Have the users keep them on their local hard drive. Put together a written policy documenting what you propose and why. Be detailed. Document everything. It will come back to you. It might take six months, it might take six years, but it will come back to you. Get legal to sign-off that the users may be violating any existing, or future, email/document retention policy the company has. You might want to explain how much data can be kept in a PST and how long it can be kept there, since most lawyers don't have a clue about the technical aspects. You might also want to mention what would be involved in providing those PSTs to a Plaintiff's lawyer should a discovery request ever be made. Get management signoff on the fact that any data stored in PST files will be stored on the local users' machine and will not be backed up. Don't let them store PST files on file servers; if the data is important enough to be on a server, it should be in an Exchange database. Explain what SIS is. Explain how much more disk space will be used if PST's are allowed on file severs versus an Exchange database. There's a bunch more, but you get the gist. My $.02. Tom. -----Original Message----- From: Cook, David A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:24 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Slightly OT: PST policies After much complaining about PST usage on our network I have finally been asked to give my recommendation on PST files. My recommendation of not allowing them at all was shot down as not possible. I now turn to you guys to find out what you do about PST usage. I would like to limit the size of the PST files that we use but the only way I know of that I can do this is based on quotas on the drives where they are stored. The only other way to enforce this would be to monitor it and yell at the people that get large PSTs. I think I'm running into what I have read many times on this list and I will probably get it wrong. "There is no technological solution to a behavioral problem" Dave Cook Exchange Administrator Kutak Rock, LLP 402-231-8352 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ###################################################################### The information contained in this electronic mail transmission (including any accompanying attachments) is intended solely for its authorized recipient(s), and may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, or responsible for delivering some or all of this transmission to an intended recipient, you have received this transmission in error and are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from reading, copying, printing, distributing or disclosing any of the information contained in it. In that event, please contact us immediately by telephone (402)346-6000 or by electronic mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the original and all copies of this transmission (including any attachments) without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you. ###################################################################### _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
