Desktop Search Engines Can Affect Exchange Server Performance

I was glad to see that we have a KB article stating this.  (Very well written, Nino...)  It is a very lo-o-o-ng title:  "Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003 performance may be affected when desktop search engine software is running on Outlook or other MAPI client computers"

The article does a good job of explaining under what circumstances you will see the issue.  This is yet another good reason to run Outlook in cached mode in your organization.  Also included is a link to the ExMon tool to identify who are the culprits. 

I use the MSN search tool exclusively now and love it.  But I also know that I am running in cached mode, so I know that I am not causing any issues with my Exchange servers.  Excellent.