Outlook vs OWA

[yankees8223]

The agency that I worked for is consolidating all of our email services in the coming months. As a result, they are giving us all the option of either using the basic OWA 2010 or the full Outlook 2010 client. I understand how the full client has more features available such as the ability to use .pst files and more. However, for someone who doesn't ever use these extra features, would there be a major difference between the two versions? Specifically, I am talking about speed, stability, reliability, etc. For example, would OWA run faster and smoother than the full client or does it not make a difference? I was curious on everyone's opinion.

Thank you in advance.

[Dr_Bob]

Here is a decent side by side feature guide: http://www.stevieg.org/2010/11/compa...2011-features/
Ive never ran OWA so I cant give you a 100% honest answer, but I know I would rather have all the functionality I could have in case I needed it. You never know when you are going to have to create special rules or do other customizations that a stripped down version might not be able to give you.

[yankees8223]

That is a very good point. I saw the comparison previously but forgot about the rules. Definitely something to consider.

However, I was mainly curious about how it runs - i.e. the speed compared to the full client. Thank you.