How do I...push out group policy to automate auto-archive for Outlook clients based on quota?

This will only work on 2003 versions of Outlook and less. 2007 admin packs don't seem to push well with 2003 AD. Download the ADMIN PAK for example here's the Office 2K3 SP3 templates.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BA8BC720-EDC2-479B-B115-5ABB70B3F490&displaylang=en

Then create a new GPO and import those ADM files for Outlook into the GPO and from there you can configure auto archive settings, and even disable some of the retention options for the client so you can forcably grey out the settings for the client but restrict messages permanently delete from the server after 180 days (which is what my organization does). It's very effective and you don't have to go to a third party email archiving solution.

What version of outlook are your clients running?

Outlook 2003 SP2...
I toyed with SP3 with a handful of clients only to find it jammed the local spooler file when trying to print from Outlook/Word to an HP Printer...so I rolled back and sit at SP2 until....


J-T

Not an issue the SP3 templates work with prior versions of Office 2K3. I wanted to make sure before telling you that so I checked with other support groups and sites to confirm. Using the same instructions listed above you can set data retention policies or auto-archive policies to lock down the use on the local systems and even restrict the use/size of *.pst/ost files. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

No way!

Alright, then...last question: What happens when a .pst file reaches the set limit? How do you tell Outlook to auto-create another one?

Very concise and he really hit all my key points...thanks man!