Outlook 2013 / O365 - cached exchange mode

[burgemaster]

Hi,

 

We have previously always had cached exchange mode turned off when we had on-site exchange. We turned it off as when staff roamed it would take too long to update their local OST/PST files. They would have email on PC1, move to PC2 and it wouldn't be their until 500meg was synced! We haven't tried this will O365 but I guess its the same?

 

Firstly does anyone have cached exchange mode enabled successfully for teaching staff using office 365?

 

Does anyone have their ost/pst files roaming with their roaming profiles? Ive read that this isn't supported by ms.

 

Thanks in advance

[Mr.Ben]

From experience it should always be turned off for teaching staff, if it's left on the problem is exacerbated by Office 365 as the mailboxes are so huge!

 

The best solution is to get Teaching staff using the Web Version, rather than the Outlook client, but this only works if you have set up ADFS and Dirsync.

[FN-GM]

We turn it on. We also limit the amount of emails that can be downloaded. The good thing with having a local copy is you get better performance and if the internet should fail they still have some (although limit) form of email.

[free780]

Having it on has more benefits than drawbacks. Though profiles seem to fill up a pc. You can force the send and receive on exit to combat the the "I sent an email and closed outlook quickly, now it's not in my sent items on another PC".