I have an Exchange 2007 (SP3) server. But it's servicing three offices far apart from each other. The office networks are connected via VPN. The server is sitting in the main office as there are more people than in the other two offices. But Exchange server access for branch offices is a pain for them. I'm wondering if it's possible to make a copy of certain mailboxes in another Exchange server which can be put physically in branch offices. I've heard about replication (or continuous cluster or something like that) but I think that technology isn't what I'm looking because I don't want the whole mail database to be replicated to another server. So, is it possible to make a copy of some mailboxes in another server (and synchronized with the main server, of course)? TIA

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You can sort of do this with Exchange 2007. What you would need to do is to coral the users into a specific mailbox store and then use Standby Continuous Replication to replicate that store/storage group to the other location. You cannot run the two at the same time in an active/active manner but you will at least be able to run a PowerShell commandlet and activate that mail store. Research is whats needed, at least you now have the words to search for. "Horinius" wrote in message news:466da4ec-a5ab-4e6a-b2c2-ff5eecbd00a9... I have an Exchange 2007 (SP3) server. But it's servicing three offices far apart from each other. The office networks are connected via VPN. The server is sitting in the main office as there are more people than in the other two offices. But Exchange server access for branch offices is a pain for them. I'm wondering if it's possible to make a copy of certain mailboxes in another Exchange server which can be put physically in branch offices. I've heard about replication (or continuous cluster or something like that) but I think that technology isn't what I'm looking because I don't want the whole mail database to be replicated to another server. So, is it possible to make a copy of some mailboxes in another server (and synchronized with the main server, of course)? TIA Mark Arnold, Exchange MVP.

Hi, Standby Continuous Replication is a good solution for your problem.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Thanks Gen Lin-MSFT

Pain: An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of acute physical hurt or discomfort caused by injury, illness, etc or emotional suffering or mental distress Yes, some do use cache but some don't, and some have several clients (ie Outlook). Even if cache mode is enabled, I understand that there are still communication between clients and server to make sure the latest version is obtained. Even this communication might be small in size, I'd also want to reduce it to minimum.

You can sort of do this with Exchange 2007. What you would need to do is to coral the users into a specific mailbox store and then use Standby Continuous Replication to replicate that store/storage group to the other location. You cannot run the two at the same time in an active/active manner but you will at least be able to run a PowerShell commandlet and activate that mail store. Thanks. Could you give more details? Like reference article. I wanted the branch office just to have a replication because Exchange server in main office is backed up by DPM. For Active Directory, we have RODC for branch office. That's why I'm looking for similar solutions for Exchange.

Hi, Standby Continuous Replication is a good solution for your problem. OK. Could I have more info, like system requirement, procedure, etc?

Hi, More information about Standby Continuous Replication, please refer the following TechNet article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164368(EXCHG.80).aspxPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Thanks Gen Lin-MSFT