If they are connected using ADSL (how fast?) there is no reason why they can't continue to work online. My office currently does not have enough user to warrant an exchange server, so we connect remotely to our corp HQ. We are connecting over a 384K pipe, and we all work online. Even if the DSL line is only a 768K line, there should be no issues with your users working online if they want to. If you have enough users in the remote offices to be concerned about the bandwidth, then perhaps the idea of having a centralized exchange server should be rethought. We have about 20 users in this office, though, and there are no significant performance issues with outlook and exchange. I recommend forgetting the PF idea with calendars and let those users who need to open other users' calendars just work online. I really don't think they will see a performance hit, and if so, it should be minimal.
James Winzenz, MCSE, A+ Associate Systems Administrator InovisTM, formerly Harbinger and Extricity -----Original Message----- From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange [mailto:exchangelist@;partition.co.uk] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Working Offline Ok thanks, we have remote sites that used to have local exchange servers, and they worked online. We've now moved all mailboxes to our central server, seperated from our remote offices via ADSL, and remote users now work offline, with automatic synchs every 10 mins. They basically open each others calenders, so I'm thinking we could achieve the same by them using public folders instead -----Original Message----- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winzenz@;inovis.com] Sent: 01 November 2002 14:13 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Working Offline 1) yes, they have to mark that folder as being synchronized/made available offline. Even if you designate all folders to be made available offline, you will have to go in and modify that synchronization group whenever new folders or subfolders are created. 2) no, you will not have access to other users' folders when working offline, because you are working *offline*. If they want to connect to other users' folders, they will have to work online. James Winzenz, MCSE, A+ Associate Systems Administrator InovisTM, formerly Harbinger and Extricity -----Original Message----- From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange [mailto:exchangelist@;partition.co.uk] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Working Offline ...also, we have lost the ability to 'open other users folder' Is this simply not workable with offline working? Or is there a workaround thanks -----Original Message----- From: Niki Blowfield - Exchange Sent: 01 November 2002 13:53 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Working Offline Am I right in thinking that if a user working in an offline environment creates a subfolder under their Inbox, that they need to be taught how to mark that folder to be synchronized? Theres no way of making all new folders, by default, included in synchronization Thanks _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
