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Track user access of Exchange server

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by claytont

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Can I track a user's frequency and duration of accessing their mailbox on an Exchange 5.5 server? I want to monitor how often my remote users are synchronizing their offline folders.

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by yorkster

have you tried Crystal reports for Exchange, there's a demo/limited version in the backoffice resource kit.

by ian mclaws

Turn on logging at the Private Information Store, server level, on the diagnostics logging tab. Be careful to only turn on those events you require as the log files fill quite rapidly. You'll find the log files in the same directory as your transaction logs, usually a folder called mdbdata. If you're not sure where the logs are, use file find to search for the performance optimizer log (perfopt.*), which will give you their location. The log files can be read in Notepad. Remember to turn the logging off after taking a sampling of data to prevent unnecessary log files.

Good luck,

Ian

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