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Office Customization Tool (OCT) 2016 Help: Cached Mode

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Applies to: Office Professional Plus 2016, Office Standard 2016

Use the following options to configure users' Outlook profiles to use a local copy of the Exchange mailbox.

Do not configure Cached Exchange Mode - By default, Exchange mailboxes can be accessed from the Exchange Server computer, instead of being cached on users' computers in an offline Outlook Data File (.ost).

Configure Cached Exchange Mode - Create an .ost file or use an existing .ost file. Users work with a local copy of their Exchange mailbox.

If you select Use Cached Exchange Mode, you can configure Cached Exchange Mode for users by using the following options:

  • Download only headers - Download copies of headers only from users' Exchange mailboxes.

  • Download headers followed by the full item - Download copies of headers from users' Exchange mailboxes and download copies of messages.

  • Download full items - Download copies of full messages (headers and message bodies) from users' Exchange mailboxes.

  • On slow connections, download only headers - When a slow network connection is detected, download copies of headers only from users' Exchange mailboxes.

  • Download shared non-mail folders - Download shared non-mail folders from other users' mailboxes.

  • Download Public Folder Favorites - Download the list of Public Folder Favorites.

  • Customize location for .ost and .oab files

    • Path and file name of the Outlook data (.ost) file - Specify the name and where the offline Outlook data file should be stored.

    • Directory path to store Offline Address Book files - Specify the path where the offline Address Book files should be stored.