Public Folder Re-homing

Because public folders create messaging traffic and require maintenance from site administrators, you might want to reevaluate where you have placed a public folder's home and place it on a different server in a different site. User access creates less traffic between two sites than continual replication. Therefore, if a public folder has a replica and its home site is Site A, but most of the folder's users are in Site B using the replica in Site B, it might make more sense to make Site B the public folder's home and remove the replica in Site A. Users in Site A can still have access to the public folder using the public folder hierarchy. And site administrators in Site B also can maintain the folder more accurately and efficiently than those in Site A.

    To re-home a public folder

1. In the Administrator program, choose the public folder you want to re-home.
2. From the File menu, choose Properties.
3. If there is no replica of the public folder on the server that you want to be the new home, you must create one. In the Replica tab, create a replica of the public folder on the server in the site where you want to re-home the folder.
4. In the Advanced tab, select the name of the new home server from the Home Server list.