Microsoft KB Archive/938221

= Description of Windows Desktop Search (WDS) behavior when WDS indexes mailboxes in Outlook =

Article ID: 938221

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Desktop Search

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes Windows Desktop Search (WDS) behavior when WDS indexes mailboxes in Microsoft Office Outlook. This article describes the following topics:
 * Unexpected behavior in WDS 2.6.5 and in WDS 2.6.6
 * Improvements in WDS 3.0



MORE INFORMATION
By default, Outlook applies the Cached Exchange Mode setting to Outlook profiles. An Outlook profile does not include mailboxes that are used to access the Delegate Access feature.

Unexpected behavior in WDS 2.6.5 and in WDS 2.6.6
In WDS 2.6.5, unexpected behavior may occur that is related to the Cached Exchange Mode setting. For example, assume that you disable Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook. If you then apply the Prevent Indexing of Uncached Exchange Folders policy setting, you expect that WDS will not index any mailbox in Outlook. However, WDS 2.6.5 indexes any mailbox that is used to access the Delegate Access feature. This behavior occurs because WDS behaves as if these mailboxes are cached.

This behavior does not occur in WDS 2.6.6. However, assume that you enable Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook, and then you apply the Prevent Indexing of Uncached Exchange Folders policy setting. WDS 2.6.6. still indexes the mailbox that you use to access the Delegate Access feature.

Improvements in WDS 3.0
When you disable Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook, WDS 3.0 does not index the mailbox that you use to access the Delegate Access feature. However, this behavior may affect the performance of the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. By default, WDS 3.0 does not index uncached mailboxes. Therefore, WDS 3.0 does not behave exactly like WDS 2.6.5 or like WDS 2.6.6.

Keywords: kbhowto kbexpertisebeginner kbinfo KB938221

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