Outlook Add-Ins

These add-ins to Outlook can be installed on users' computers to give access to Enterprise Vault mailbox archives. Enterprise Vault buttons and menu options are added to the Outlook toolbar. The add-ins also add Enterprise Vault online help to the toolbar.

The Enterprise Vault Outlook Add-Ins include the Virtual Vault feature. With Virtual Vault enabled, users can access their archives in the Outlook Navigation Pane, in a similar way to other mailbox folders and personal folders.

These add-ins can give users full management access to mailbox archives, as follows:

Manually archive items. Users can also use an Enterprise Vault properties page to select the destination archive and select a Retention Category for the item.
Delete items (if permitted).
Use shortcuts to view items.
Restore items.
Search archive.
Access to the Archive Explorer application.

The administrator can control which functionality is available to users using policy settings in the Enterprise Vault Administration Console.

Enterprise Vault can perform automatic archiving without the Outlook Add-Ins being installed, but, depending on shortcut configuration, users may not be able to use shortcuts or modify archiving settings. Archived items can still be accessed using the Enterprise Vault archive search or Archive Explorer applications in stand-alone browser sessions.