Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook Customization Options

This Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook Deployment Kit includes an administrative template that allows you to enforce or modify certain functionality and features included in the tool. You can use this template to customize your deployment.

The following table describes the customizable features.

General Policies	Description
Hide toolbar elements	Specify the toolbar elements you want to hide: Hide All Toolbar Buttons – Hide all toolbar buttons; no search actions are available to users Hide Search Button – Hide search button Hide Sync Archive Stores Button – Hide sync Archive stores; users cannot synchronize their Archive stores (mailboxes) These settings do not affect the ability to use the custom form installed by the Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook for viewing, forwarding, or replying to stubbed messages. The settings here affect both the Explorer and Inspector views in Outlook.
Hide Outlook Options page	Hide the Outlook configuration dialog; users cannot modify their Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook configuration.
Search Policies	Description
Message copy limit	Specify the maximum number of messages in a single operation that a user can copy from the integrated Outlook search. Excessive message copying from the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Servier to either a Microsoft Exchange account or to a PST file can be resource-intensive. Set this limit low to discourage users from copying a large number of messages in a single session. Instead, users can copy messages in multiple copy operations. Set this value to '0' to disable all message copying.
Search maximum cache size	Specify the maximum search cache size in megabytes (MB).
Search cache path	Specify the search cache path; this path can include environment variables⁽ ¹⁾ . If the path is not set, the default path is set to: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Barracuda\Cloud Archiving Service\Outlook Add-In\Cache
Coerce all HTML message bodies to UTF-8 when displaying	When enabled, the Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook converts all message HTML bodies to UTF-8 when displayed in Outlook. Important – Barracuda Networks Technical Support Enable this feature only if you have been advised to do so by Barracuda Networks Technical Support.
Archive Store Policies	Description
Note that only assigned PST files are supported.
Disable archive stores	Specify whether to disable Archive stores. When turned on, the user cannot create or synchronize Archive stores (mailboxes), and all relevant UI elements are hidden or disabled.
Maximum disk usage	Specify the maximum disk usage in MB available for Archive stores. When enabled, users cannot add new Archive stores that exceed the specified usage limit. If the usage limit is reached, existing store are not synchronized.
Maximum disk usage in MB	Specify the maximum disk usage in MB available for Archive stores.
Location of new Archive stores	Specify the directory path where new Archive stores are to be created. This path can include environment variables⁽¹⁾. If the path is not set, the default path is set to: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Barracuda\Cloud Archiving Service\Outlook Add-In\stores
Sync schedule	Specify the daily Archive store sync time. By default, synchronization runs between 4:00am and 6:00am. Start time must be between 0 (midnight) and 23 (11:00pm) Set the number of hours after the Sync Start Time value that the sync can begin; use this to avoid consuming too many resources during multi-client simultaneous synchronization. The system must be powered on and the user must be logged in for the scheduled synchronization to be performed, otherwise the synchronization is performed upon user log in.
Raise maximum Outlook data file size	When enabled, the tool increases the maximum size of Outlook data files. Without this policy, users with very large stores are only able to sync up to 50 GB of data. Enabling this policy increases the maximum allowed PST file size, and very large PST files can consume disk space and degrade Outlook performance.
Number of messages to sync concurrently	This policy controls the maximum number of messages that are synchronized concurrently. Higher values will accelerate the synchronization of Archive stores at the cost of consuming more resources.
Notification level	This policy configures the default notification level for displaying the results of Archive store syncs. Users can override the policy unless Show a message box for errors is selected. When Show a message box for errors is used, no notifications is shown unless an error occurs during synchronization, in which case a message box displays instead.
Outlook Instant Search Integration Policies	Description
Disable Instant Search Integration	When enabled, the Enable Outlook Instant Search integration is grayed out in the Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook configuration dialog box.
Enable Instant Search Integration By Default	When enabled, Enable Outlook Instant Search integration is selected by default in the Barracuda Archive Search for Outlook configuration dialog box.
Note: ⁽¹⁾ For more information on environment variables, refer to the Microsoft TechNet article Recognized Environment Variables.