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QUESTION POSED ON: 14 March 2007
I support users who access their Microsoft Outlook accounts remotely. One of the users has a large archive folder that can be viewed on his laptop while in the office. However, when he accesses Microsoft Outlook remotely on the same laptop, he cannot view his archive folders. We are using Microsoft Outlook 2003 on a Windows 2003 Small Business Server.

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It is very possible that the archive folder is located on a network share rather than on his local laptop. If that is the case, then he would have no way of accessing it when he is off the local area network (LAN) and on the road. Please verify whether this is the case and report back to us as a follow-up.

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If your Microsoft Outlook is in cached mode, then indeed you should not be able to access the .PST file if it is on a network drive. However, if you're on a VPN, you may need the full path to the .PST file. Many times the shares are listed as an H drive, Z drive, etc. A fully qualified path should do the trick.
—Eddie L.

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If traveling, it's better to store archive folders on the laptop instead of storing them on the server in a LAN environment. When the user returns to the office, you should create synchronization between the two folders.
—Abdul A.

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