Microsoft Outlook relies upon Offline Storage Table (OST) and Personal Storage Table (PST) for storing your complete mailbox data on to the local machine. But if something goes wrong with any of the two core components, Outlook will not function properly. Basic Role of OST files in Outlook OST data files are simply the copy…

OST files are offline replica of user mailboxes on the Exchange server. An OST file resides on the user system. So it is vulnerable to many issues. They often show undesirable behavior such as inaccessibility, corruption or synchronization issues due to reasons like accidental deletion of user account on Exchange Server, virus intrusion, slowdown or…

While working with MS Outlook, the worst condition is when user profile gets deleted or altered. There may be many conditions when altering of user profile becomes necessary or gets deleted unintentionally. Offline folder files (OST) files are considered as the replicas of server-based folders of your Exchange server Mailbox. When your Exchange server mailbox…

Many organizations rely on Microsoft Exchange Server for establishing and maintaining reliable email communication system. In such organizations, Microsoft Outlook works in coordination with Microsoft Exchange Server to let end users access Exchange mailboxes. This makes seamless email communication possible in the organization. How does Exchange and Outlook work together? MS Exchange Server stores all…