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gilb380
Copper Contributor
Dec 04, 2020

Office 365 - Secondary Hierarchy Public Folder

Hi,

I just opened another Public Folder Mailbox - Secondary Hierarchy 

How to open Public Folder under Secondary Hierarchy?

 

I'm not seeing it under Public Folder ROOT

 

Thanks

 

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  • vlw007's avatar
    vlw007
    Copper Contributor

    gilb380 the secondary hierarchy is not a second set of public folders. There can be only one root. 

    I’m pretty sure that the secondary hierarchy is a replica meant for scalability. It’s also read only. It contains both hierarchy and content from the first public folder mailbox. 

    That’s why you can’t see another set of public folders. 

    Vern Weitzman

    https://cirasync.com

     

      • vlw007's avatar
        vlw007
        Copper Contributor

        gilb380 If you have 100 users accessing a public folder, a replica probably  is not so helpful.

         

        However, if the public folder is all contained in a single mailbox and you have 10,000 users that constantly need access, a single mailbox may not allow such a huge demand. 

         

        A secondary mailbox has a replica of the original data.  When users need to open and read data, one or more replicas can serve the data.

  • PDostiyar's avatar
    PDostiyar
    Bronze Contributor

    gilb380  this should help you;

     

    How Can You View Public Folders?
    1. Open Outlook and select your mail profile if prompted.
    2. By default, you will not see the Public Folder Hierarchy.
    3. At the bottom of Outlook, you will see options such as Mail, Calendar, People, Tasks, etc. ...
    4. Based on your permissions, you will be able to browse the Public Folder Hierarchy.

    Also, this is the docs about Public folder... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/collaboration/public-folders/public-folders?view=exchserver-2019

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