ShadowAce, I know you got IT connections. Can you forward this to your ping list? Thanks.
I have both 2010 and 2013 at home. Both show the option to change destination folders. Don’t know why yours would
not.
I’m a bit puzzled here - are you the admin on these systems? It reads like you are simply a user who is tampering with settings. If you require local archiving and more space on the exchange server to conduct work related activities, don’t you have a number you can call?
Personally, I’d recommend against tampering with government computers.
I’m pretty sure that your delivery options are being governed by group policy. By default Outlook 2013 allows mail redirection.
Are you working on the client (Outlook) side or the host (Exchange) side? My first visit would be to whomever dictates network policy (IT security, firewall, you’ll know who does what in your organization).
That said, mail redirection to a PST file is inherently unsafe and not considered a “Best Practice” by Microsoft.
You need to discuss this with whoever is in charge of setting domain or enterprise level policies. Sounds like someone forgot to look into existing policies before performing this alleged upgrade.
Use “auto archive”.
Master setting. Or by folder. Set the frequency of the archive.
You can also name pst files in custom settings.
You can then use rules if you choose to route incomimg messages to folders, which are then automatically archived based on the archive settings.
Wait until they see Outlook 2016...
The other thing to take note of, dod jas set up a file drop site for large files so that email is not impacted.
Freepmail me if you want info
You do not have Administrator Privelege and are stuck with it...
Turn on cached exchange mode in your client. FYI, the exchange server has to support this feature though (it’s enabled by default).
Who do you think you are, Hillary Clinton? Low level drones need everything to be backed up from the server. You have to be above the law to keep thinks in your personal PST file instead of on the server.
Management is trying to protect themselves when they have a big document production (either in litigation or a Congressional.) You are trying to subvert the process. (Have you ever been involved in a multi-million page document production? It’s a whole lot easier when it’s all in one place and you don’t have to start pulling hard drives.)
The IT department can end up having to do a discovery search on not just the mail server, but every local hard drive and file server on the network, and all of the backup tapes.
Enable cached mode
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179175.aspx
This smells like group policy imposed upon your domain.
You should have local cache mode turned on (by default)
If it is turned on, you profile will hold a *.ost file that you can copy or move to another location (when all Outlook processes are stopped)
There is a utility that can convert your ost file to a pst file. Other than that, the auto-archive is your best bet.
Without local administrator permissions, you are stuck.