The Offline Files feature allows you to designate files and folders stored on network shared folders for use even when the network shared folders are unavailable (offline); for example, when a mobile user disconnects a laptop computer from your intranet and works from a remote location.
The Offline Files feature has the following operation modes:
Online mode. The user is working in online mode when they are connected to the server, and most file requests are sent to the server.
Offline mode. The user is working in offline mode when they are not connected to the server, and all file requests are satisfied from the Offline Files cache stored locally on the computer.
In Windows Server 2008 RTM and Windows Vista, the Offline Files feature was configured for online mode by default. In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, the Offline Files feature supports transitioning to offline mode when on a slow network by default. This helps reduce network traffic while connected to your intranet because the users are modifying locally cached copies of the information stored in the Offline Files local cache. However, the information stored in the Offline Files local cache is still protected from loss because the information is synchronized with the network shared folder.
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