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Windows Desktop Search and the implications on WAN performance
04 May 09 10:26 AM | mikelag | 3 Comments   

Windows Desktop search (WDS) is a great tool to help you to search through the unwieldy plethora of documents or emails that you may have scattered across your desktop. With the addition of 3rd party IFilter add-ins, it makes it even easier to find what Read More...

Filed under: Performance, Outlook, Networking, GroupPolicy

Outlook 2007 Performance Improvements Hotfix
12 March 09 11:40 AM | mikelag | 1 Comments   

If you haven't heard already, we have released a Pre-SP2 hotfix that help improve Outlook performance and responsiveness in a big way. Here is an excerpt from the article. Performance improvements Performance and responsiveness are key concerns for all Read More...

Filed under: Performance, Outlook

Client RPC Dialog box questionnaire for Administrators
12 February 09 12:00 PM | mikelag | 1 Comments   

There are times when you are troubleshooting an Exchange Server issue where it appears that the server is performing OK, but the users are still complaining of the dreaded RPC dialog box and hangs in their client. Most of the time an Exchange administrator Read More...

Filed under: Performance, Outlook

Attachment(s): Client Questionnaire.doc

Slow Outlook Online Mode Performance
31 August 08 12:40 PM | mikelag | 0 Comments   

Switching to or running Outlook in Online mode against an Exchange 2003 server may exhibit slower than normal performance when clicking on particular folders in your mailbox that contain high item counts. This is a known issue when the “Show in Groups” Read More...

Filed under: Performance, Outlook

Outlook 2007 Performance tips and Messaging Guide for Office 2007
18 August 08 01:56 PM | mikelag | 0 Comments   

Need help troubleshooting Outlook 2007 performance issues? Well, this link will help you do just that to rule out the specific things that might be causing significant performance degradation. Performance tips for deploying Outlook 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179071.aspx Read More...

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WDS 3.01 and online mode crawling
20 May 08 01:04 PM | mikelag | 0 Comments   

Starting with WDS 3.01, to be able to use Windows Desktop Search to index an outlook profile running in online mode requires that you use group policy to enable this functionality. We index cached mode profiles by default, but online mode crawling is Read More...

Filed under: Performance, Outlook