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Hi<br />
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I've just joined an organisation that has multiple sites over Europe. They are using Exchange 2003 with Outlook 2003/2007.<br />
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I notice their main HQ site has a Public Folder server, as do most of the regional ones.<br />
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I must admit, I've never come across this before....<br />
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How does this usually work? Is there one central PF server (e.g. at HQ), and all the others are replicated to? Or do users connect to their nearest PF server, and there is continous replication going on between them.<br />
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If the latter, how does Outlook know which PF server is the nearest?<br />
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Cheers!
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Hi

I've just joined an organisation that has multiple sites over Europe. They are using Exchange 2003 with Outlook 2003/2007.

I notice their main HQ site has a Public Folder server, as do most of the regional ones.

I must admit, I've never come across this before....

How does this usually work? Is there one central PF server (e.g. at HQ), and all the others are replicated to? Or do users connect to their nearest PF server, and there is continous replication going on between them.

If the latter, how does Outlook know which PF server is the nearest?

Cheers!

Public Folder servers?

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.