This issue has come up a few times regarding bandwidth needed for Outlook. Seems most here agree 4K range per user. I have seen some say as high as 8K though.
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Winzenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:51 AM Subject: RE: Working Offline > 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] > _________________________________________________________________ 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]
