New white paper on client network traffic with exchange 2003 available

https://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/outlook/CliNetTraf.asp

This document provides a detailed look at how Exchange 2003 consumes bandwidth under different configurations and analyzes the incoming and outgoing client traffic. The results of 700 tests performed on variations of four Microsoft clients are used to compare how different clients and mail message formats affect network traffic. Sample user profiles are included to help system architects determine the amount of bandwidth their company’s users will produce.

The chapters in this white paper correspond to the types of actions that involve Microsoft messaging clients.

  • Log on and log off
  • Directory access
  • Generic mail item tests
  • Calendar, contacts, and tasks item tests
  • Public folders
  • Define user profiles and WAN bandwidth
  • Bandwidth based on sample user profiles