Hi...I'm a small business owner and just put a server in my house running SBS 2008 and running Exchange 2007. I'm a novice at this so please forgive the remedial questions. I imported my wifes pst file into exchange and her data is there. The mailbox is pretty darn big. First how can i reduce her mailbox....I was told i could archive via adm toolbox and im currently looking at that....My question is if I use this method to archive to a pst, where should the pst file be stored....on the sever or on my wifes local computer.......next after you archive will it reduce the file of the exchange mailbox..lastly she has 5 pst files for the past 5 years....i was reading on line and it appears it says not to store on the network as it causes communication problems between outlook and the files...so that being said should they be stored on the local computer or in another location in exchange...any help on this would be great as I'm a little over my head here.....

You are right in that PST files should not be accessed over the network but rather locally on the same machine: Personal folder files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN link I'm not sure what you mean with "....I was told i could archive via adm toolbox " Only Exchange 2010 has build in archiving. What you need to understand is that PST files are from Hell. They are a thing of evil. They brake, propts for passwords you never assigned to them, gets corrupted (without the backup software nowing = no helthy copy to restore from). It's messy to say the least. If you can, I'd prefer you have them in a large mailbox in Exchange.Jesper Bernle | Blog: http://xchangeserver.wordpress.com

Hi Eric, What do you mean "I was told archive via adm toolbox"? Does it mean archive mailbox? It is a new feature in Exchange 2010. Using .pst files to manage messaging data can result in the following issues: Unmanaged files Increased discovery costs Inability to apply messaging retention policies Risk of data theft Fragmented view of messaging data And in Microsoft Exchange 2010, personal archives provides users with an alternate storage location in which to store historical messaging data. For your case, I think you should have them in a large mailbox in Exchange or upgrade to Exchange 2010 if it is possible. For detailed, please see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979795.aspx Best regards, Serena 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.