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Outlook 2003 will use public folders for free/busy information and offline address book so yes for the time being you will need the public folders.
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Outlook 2003 will use public folders for free/busy information and offline address book so yes for the time being you will need the public folders.

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I recently migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. &nbsp;My users primarily are using Outlok 2003 however we will be migrating to Outlook 2010 this year.<br />
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With Exchange 2010 Standard, I only have 5 databases. &nbsp;The Public Folder database takes one of those. &nbsp;I want to use all 5. &nbsp;Do I have to have the Public Folder database? &nbsp;Will I need it later for any reason? &nbsp;There is nothing in it that I can tell now other than it created it when i went through the wizard.
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I recently migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.  My users primarily are using Outlok 2003 however we will be migrating to Outlook 2010 this year.

With Exchange 2010 Standard, I only have 5 databases.  The Public Folder database takes one of those.  I want to use all 5.  Do I have to have the Public Folder database?  Will I need it later for any reason?  There is nothing in it that I can tell now other than it created it when i went through the wizard.

Do I have to have the Public Folder in Exchange 2010?

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.