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It appears that MS Exchange admins have been having a real issue tracking archived pst files. Shame, must be tough, as Google Apps admins we do not have that problem. Our users have 25gb mailboxes, which mean we never need to Archive. Coupled with the super fast Google search included in Google Apps we can find emails super quick. No archiving (in the old sense) = no lost mail files.

“Microsoft released a new free tool on Monday that helps IT pros find .PST files created using Microsoft Exchange. The tool, called “PST Capture,” installs an agent to track the location of these files, which are the personal e-mail folders of Exchange e-mail users… tracking PST files has become a problem for organizations trying to manage e-mail archives. The files often need to be tracked to ensure compliance with an organization’s e-mail retention policies, for instance. Not finding the files also represents a problem for organizations that want electronic discovery capabilities for legal purposes.” Source: Redmondmag.com Article

Its about time people started looking seriously and more often at Cloud Solutions, this issue for IT admins can so easily be defeated by Google Message Discovery as a start. If IT admins are too scared about the changes, and potential threats (ie them having more feet up time) there is always the option for them to use Google Message Discovery with their labouring Exchange server. GMD is a cloud based archiving service, for 1 to 10 years, and also includes an edge based enterprise SPAM and Antivirus service for Email.

Filed under: Cloud Assist, Google Apps for Business, Google Message Discovery, Superior Support by Neil Rutherfoord