Outlook 2013

 I need to autoarchive messages over 48 months old on 600 mailboxes (exch2007) to PST files.  This needs to happen with no user intervention.

I created a GPO to change the autoarchive settings in outlook and all of the settings took except Move all items to.  In Outlook, it stills points to the default location, even though I set the Default location for PST in the policy.

 Also, I see that Inbox is disabled for autoarchive by default.  How can I change that across the board?

 Thanks!

Hi,

How you configured Outlook Auto Archive in Group Policy? Do you use Outlook 2010 Administrative Templates to configure the GPO?

Please export and post the Group Policy settings for further troubleshooting.

You may refer to this article to redeploy auto archive group policy in test environment and check whether it works:

Configure retention settings and AutoArchive in Outlook 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179124(v=office.12).aspx#section2

For more information please refer to following MS articles:

Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool download
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18968
AutoArchive settings explained
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/autoarchive-settings-explained-HA010362337.aspx
Plan for compliance and archiving in Outlook 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff800883

Hi,

The "Move all items to" setting is not configurable via GPO. If you want to push the setting out to users, that can be pushed in the PRF file but the users would still be able to change the setting. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/836755

As for the "Inbox is disabled for autoarchive by default", this is the default behavior and it's not possible to change the setting via GPO. The AutoArchive settings we can configure via GPO is the default AutoArchive settings we can see under File > Options > Advanced > AutoArchive Settings. These settings won't apply to those folders that have AutoArchive settings set to "Do not archive items in this folder".

As a workaround, we can try use managed folders to achieve the goal. See:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/bb125163(v=exchg.80).aspx

If you need further assistance regarding managed folders, you can post a question in Exchange forum:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/home?forum=exchangesvrgenerallegacy

Regards,

Steve Fan

Forum Support