Outlook Public Folders Performance and Maximum Capacity

Question

I'd like to store contacts in a Public Folder using Outlook/Exchange Server 2003. Does anyone know if there is a practical limit to the number of contacts I can add to such a folder?

How do public folders perform when 1000, 5000, or 10000 contacts are added (e.g. is Outlook performance affected, or are searches against the contact list unresponsive)?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Public folders behave similarly to any other exchange mailbox. Performance is severely impacted with large number of items in a folder.

I think you are better off using LDAP.