Exchange performance problems are sometimes quite hard to troubleshoot and figure out. Recently, we have seen some performance problems on Exchange servers being caused by “desktop search” products...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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Are your clients using desktop search engines that index Exchange mailboxes or public folders?
Tony,
Yes, you are making a good point, and it is mentioned in the article that I linked to... cached mode mitigates server-side problems quite a bit as local content gets indexed instead. Not in the case of public folders though, and that is something that needs to be thought of, that's all.
BTW, I was a long Lookout user myself but switched to MSN Desktop Search as it indexes PDF files (something I really wanted) :)
Yes, you are making a good point, and it is mentioned in the article that I linked to... cached mode mitigates server-side problems quite a bit as local content gets indexed instead. Not in the case of public folders though, and that is something that needs to be thought of, that's all.
BTW, I was a long Lookout user myself but switched to MSN Desktop Search as it indexes PDF files (something I really wanted) :)