An Exchange desktop policy defines the end users' experience when using the Enterprise Vault Exchange Outlook and OWA clients. It contains the settings that control the Enterprise Vault features and functionality available with these clients.
The desktop policy settings include the following options:
Show or hide Enterprise Vault buttons and menu options, such as Archive Explorer, Search Vaults, Store in Vault, Restore from Vault, and Delete from Vault.
Customize deletion behavior when the user deletes a shortcut.
Show or hide the Browser Search link displayed to the user in Outlook integrated search.
Add all servers to the users' Internet Explorer local intranet zone, so that users are not prompted for their logon details when they search their archives or view or restore archived items.
Control the availability, the maximum size, and the available features of Vault Cache.
Change the method of deploying Exchange forms for Enterprise Vault.
In Enterprise Vault Administration Console you create Exchange desktop policies under Policies > Exchange > Desktop. When you create a provisioning group you assign a desktop policy to it. You can create multiple desktop policies if you want different provisioning groups to use different policy settings.