13. After you have finished all the customizations, save the customization file (.msp) and exit the OCT. Put the .msp file in the Office installation source \Updates folder. Install the Office 2013 from the original installation source.
Planning overview for Outlook 2013
Plan a Cached Exchange Mode deployment in Outlook 2013 Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013
Configure Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2013 Configure Outlook Anywhere in Outlook 2013
Configure Exchange Server send/receive settings in Outlook 2010
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Configure Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2013
Published: September 18, 2012
Summary: Describes how administrators can configure Cached Exchange Mode for Exchange Server email accounts in Outlook 2013.
Applies to: Outlook 2013 Audience: IT Professionals
Administrators can configure Cached Exchange Mode for Exchange Server email accounts in Outlook 2013 by following the steps that are described in this article.
In this article:
Overview
Before you begin
Configure Cached Exchange Mode
To configure Cached Exchange Mode settings by using the Office Customization Tool
To configure Cached Exchange Mode settings by using Group Policy
To configure a default .ost location by using Group Policy
To prevent a new .ost file from being created
Overview
When an Outlook 2013 account is configured to use Cached Exchange Mode, Outlook 2013 works from a local copy of a user's Exchange mailbox that is stored in an Offline Folder (.ost file) on the user's computer, and with the Offline Address Book (OAB). The cached mailbox and OAB are updated periodically from the Exchange Server computer.
Cached Exchange Mode can be configured for Exchange Server email accounts only. Cached
Exchange Mode is supported by all versions of Exchange Server with which Outlook 2013 can connect.
That is, by Exchange Server 2007 or later versions.
If you do not configure Cached Exchange Mode options, the current state of Cached Exchange Mode does not change for existing profiles when Outlook is upgraded to a new version. For example, if a user account was configured to use Cached Exchange Mode in Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, or Outlook 2010, Cached Exchange Mode remains enabled when the user upgrades the software to Outlook 2013. The location for new .ost or OAB files is the default location: For Windows XP, the
248 location is %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook; for Windows Vista and Windows 7, the location is %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can configure several options for Cached Exchange Mode. These include the default .ost file location for users in your organization who do not already have .ost files for Cached Exchange Mode. If you do not specify a different .ost file location, Outlook creates an .ost file in the default location when users start Outlook in Cached Exchange Mode.
By default, when Outlook 2013 is installed, a new compressed version of the.ost file is created. This new compressed version of the .ost is up to 40% smaller than the size of the .ost files that were created in earlier versions of Outlook. If you must keep Outlook 2013 from creating a new compressed Outlook data file (.ost), use the Outlook Group Policy template to enable the Do not create new OST file on upgrade policy. If this policy setting is enabled, Outlook 2013 uses an existing .ost file that was created by an earlier version of Outlook.
Sync Slider and Exchange Fast Access are two new features that are available with Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2013. By default, they are enabled when Cached Exchange Mode is enabled. For more information, see Plan a Cached Exchange Mode deployment in Outlook 2013 and What's new in Outlook 2013 Preview.
You can lock down the settings to customize Cached Exchange Mode by using the Outlook Group Policy Administrative template. Or, you can configure default settings by using the Office Customization Tool (OCT), in which case users can change the settings.
Before you begin
Before you start deployment, review Plan a Cached Exchange Mode deployment in Outlook 2013 and Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013 to determine which settings you might have to
configure for Cached Exchange Mode. Customization of Cached Exchange Mode settings is optional and only needed if you want to change the settings from the default configuration.
To download the Outlook 2013 administrative templates, see Office 2013 Preview Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool. For more information about Group Policy, see Group Policy overview for Office 2010 and Enforce settings by using Group Policy in Office 2010.
For more information about the OCT, see Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013.
Configure Cached Exchange Mode
Use the following procedures to configure Cached Exchange Mode settings. Note that customization of Cached Exchange Mode settings is optional and only needed if you want to change the settings from the default configuration.
Note:
You can complete tasks in all Office 2013 suites by using a mouse, keyboard shortcuts, or touch. For information about how to use keyboard shortcuts and touch with Office products and services, see the following resources:
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Keyboard shortcuts
Touch
Office Gesture Reference
To configure Cached Exchange Mode settings by using the Office Customization Tool