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Data Security Manager Help v7.8

Performing Outlook PST discovery

PST files are Microsoft Outlook files that contain all the mail users get as well as all their contacts, calendar meetings, tasks, etc. PST files can contain data for more than 1 user.

To perform discovery on email on Outlook PST data files:

  1. Create a discovery policy. (See Creating a discovery policy for instructions.)
  2. Select Main > Policy Management > Discovery Policies.
  3. Under Network Discovery Tasks, select Add network task > Outlook PST Task from the drop-down list.
  4. Complete the fields on the screen and click Next to proceed through a wizard. For details on each screen, see the sections below:
    a. Outlook Discovery Task Wizard - General
    b. Outlook Discovery Task Wizard - Scanned Folder
    c. Outlook Discovery Task Wizard - Scheduler
    d. Outlook Task Discovery Wizard - Policies
    e. Outlook Discovery Task Wizard - Filtering
    f. Outlook Discovery Task Wizard - Advanced
    g. Outlook Discovery Task Wizard - Finish
  5. Deploy your changes by clicking Yes when prompted.
  6. Discovery will take place at the time and day you scheduled in step 5c. To start it immediately, click Start. A message indicates when the scan finishes.
  7. To view and respond to discovery results, click Main > Reporting > Discovery. See Viewing the incident list for information on reading these screens.

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