Enterprise Vault™ Introduction and Planning

The Vault Cache has the following advantages:

• It provides instant access to archived items, even when the user is not connected to the corporate network.

• It operates in addition to the normal online archive, not instead of it.

• It is useful to laptop computer users who work offline. They are often used to synchronizing their offline folders and online folders.

• It may be useful in normal offices if you need to conserve bandwidth or improve performance. The retrieval of an archived item takes place on the local computer.

When an offline user starts Outlook, the Enterprise Vault client scans the user's synchronized folders, looking for the following:

• Items that will be archived from the mailbox fairly soon - These items are copied into the Vault Cache so that they will already be there when the items become shortcuts in the user's mailbox. These items have already been downloaded as part of the Outlook synchronize, so the copy takes place on the user's computer with no further download required

• Enterprise Vault shortcuts - If the corresponding items are not in the Vault Cache the client adds them to its download list.