Synchronisation between Multiple Versions of Outlook

[noelma]

Hi! I have Outlook 2007 operating well on my XP desktop.
When I travel, I now take a notebook PC running XP also.
I would like to install Outlook on the notebook, and have it synchronise
with my desk top when I am at home.
I run a wireless home network to which both devices are connected.
I know frommexperience that Outlook can be tricky, so I want to set this up
right first time!!

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Hi! I have Outlook 2007 operating well on my XP desktop.
When I travel, I now take a notebook PC running XP also.
I would like to install Outlook on the notebook, and have it synchronise
with my desk top when I am at home.
I run a wireless home network to which both devices are connected.
I know frommexperience that Outlook can be tricky, so I want to set this up
right first time!!

Outlook has no innate ability to synchronize a desktop and a laptop. There
are tools you can buy to assist, though. See this:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.asp

 

[TedMi]

I have solved this as follows:
My Outlook .pst files reside in a folder on the laptop. That folder is
shared over the network. The copy of Outlook on the desktop has links to
these .pst files on the share. When I'm at home, I use the Outlook instance
on the desktop, which reads/writes to the .pst files on the laptop. When I
travel, I disconnect the laptop from the network and use its copy of Outlook
to read/write from the same files as the desktop did. No synchronization
required.
CAVEAT: This method presupposes that while you are on the road with the
laptop, no one is using Outlook on the desktop.
-TedMi

 

[noelma]

Thanks for those suggestions! I have also come across DropBox and SyncToy as
possible solutions. Anyone tried these for syncing outlook pst files?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have solved this as follows:
My Outlook .pst files reside in a folder on the laptop. That folder is
shared over the network. The copy of Outlook on the desktop has links to
these .pst files on the share. When I'm at home, I use the Outlook instance
on the desktop, which reads/writes to the .pst files on the laptop. When I
travel, I disconnect the laptop from the network and use its copy of Outlook
to read/write from the same files as the desktop did. No synchronization
required.

Be sure to make frequent backups. Using a network-shared PST is unsupported
and can lead to PST corruption.