Outlook Add-Ins

The following Enterprise Vault Add-Ins are available:

Outlook Add-In

These extensions are available as a Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) kit, and provide the full Enterprise Vault client functionality.

Installer kits for the supported languages are located under Enterprise Vault 8.0\Outlook Add-Ins\Outlook Add-In on the Enterprise Vault distribution media.
HTTP-only Outlook Add-In

These extensions are available as a Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) kit, and provide the same functionality as the Outlook Add-In extensions, with the exception of access to Enterprise Vault properties on folders, and selecting the archive and retention category when archiving an item manually.

Installer kits for the supported languages are located under Enterprise Vault 8.0\Outlook Add-Ins\HTTP-only Outlook Add-In.

If Outlook users access Exchange Server 2003 using RPC over HTTP, you will also need to configure Enterprise Vault access on the Exchange Server using the Enterprise Vault RPC server extensions. With Exchange Server 2007, Enterprise Vault server extensions are not required for RPC over HTTP connections.

Before users have access to Enterprise Vault features from within their Outlook, the Add-Ins must be installed on each desktop computer. There are various ways of distributing the Add-Ins. You could, for example, use one of the following methods:

Send users a shortcut to the required MSI kit.

See Shortcut to the Setup file in the Welcome message.
Deploy the MSI kit to desktop computers using a software distribution application, such as Systems Management Software (SMS) or Active Directory Group Policy.

See Publishing the Add-Ins in Active Directory.

Enterprise Vault menu options and buttons do not appear in Outlook until the user's mailbox has been enabled and the user has restarted Outlook. You can therefore roll out the Enterprise Vault Outlook Add-Ins before users' mailboxes are enabled.