| The Cached Exchange Mode of Outlook gives you | | | | a copy of the mailbox available on their local |
| the power and convenience of working offline and | | | | computers, in the form of OST files, their data |
| avoiding slow, frustrating network connections. | | | | too is safe. However, if the main mailbox on the |
| The Exchange Recovery mode on the other hand | | | | server is deleted, the local files will not be able to |
| makes sure that any loss of the server mailbox | | | | work; in fact, they may become completely |
| does not cause loss of data and that the local | | | | inaccessible and there may be no way to recover |
| OST files stay protected. | | | | Exchange data. |
| You would have undoubtedly heard about the | | | | The reason why these files do not work if the |
| Cached Exchange mode of Outlook and the | | | | mailbox on the server is deleted is that Outlook |
| incredible convenience that it offers to users of | | | | links each OST file with a specific Exchange |
| Exchange server, especially those who are | | | | mailbox by means of a key. When the mailbox on |
| constantly on the move. However, there are also | | | | the server is deleted, the key to the mailbox is |
| many who use the Cached Exchange mode but | | | | also lost, in some sense. When the user tries to |
| find that they are unable to access their old | | | | access the data in the local OST files, the |
| Outlook data because of some problem with their | | | | Exchange server has no way of knowing which |
| mailbox. It is possible that the Exchange server | | | | mailbox the OST files are linked to and thus |
| administrator replaced the mailbox in order to | | | | denies access to the user. If a new mailbox has |
| correct some damage to the mailbox or perhaps | | | | been created, then Outlook will actually create a |
| even accidentally deleted it. If a mailbox has been | | | | new OST file and you may lose all your data |
| deleted, the user may find it impossible to access | | | | from the old OST files. |
| the data in the offline folders files. Of course, it is | | | | A much better option is to use the Exchange |
| possible to turn to specialized tools to repair the | | | | Recovery Mode in Outlook. When you use this |
| orphaned files and recover Exchange data. | | | | mode, as soon as Outlook opens up with an |
| However, Outlook does provide an easier option | | | | existing Exchange server profile but finds that the |
| through its Exchange Recovery mode. | | | | corresponding mailbox does not exist or has been |
| As mentioned earlier, there can be many | | | | changed in some way, it immediately indicates so |
| problems with the mailbox stored on a Microsoft | | | | to the user. The user can then save all the old |
| Exchange server. A user who is using Outlook in a | | | | data in the OST file before creating a new profile |
| Cached Exchange mode has to protect the offline | | | | so that the locally cached data can still be used to |
| OST files but also be aware that the folders | | | | recover Exchange information in some way. Using |
| stored on the server mailbox may also become | | | | third-party tools such as Advanced Exchange |
| inaccessible. Either the mailbox may get deleted or | | | | Recovery from DataNumen, you can now restore |
| software-hardware problems may make it difficult | | | | data from the orphaned OST file, thus protecting |
| for the administrator to restore the mailbox to a | | | | the data associated with the old Exchange |
| previous state. Users believe that since they have | | | | mailbox. |