Syncing with offline contacts (stored in a .pst file) with ActiveSync

[BHall]

I am running Office Outlook 2003 with SP1 in a domain environment using
Exchange. My Contacts appear on the Exchange server under my username.
I would like to store my contacts offline, on my local machine in a
..pst file with high encryption for security. I have the .pst file view
opened in Outlook and I can see all the contacts just fine. However, I
am trying to get ActiveSync 3.8 to sync with those offline contacts.
How can I designate the offline .pst as the default contacts location
so that I can sync them with my PocketPC?

Thanks!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am running Office Outlook 2003 with SP1 in a domain environment
using Exchange. My Contacts appear on the Exchange server under my
username. I would like to store my contacts offline, on my local
machine in a .pst file with high encryption for security. I have the
.pst file view opened in Outlook and I can see all the contacts just
fine. However, I am trying to get ActiveSync 3.8 to sync with those
offline contacts. How can I designate the offline .pst as the default
contacts location so that I can sync them with my PocketPC?

With ActiveSync, you can't. ActiveSync will sync only with the delivery
location. What I've done is create a second profile, specifying a PST as
the delivery location. I sync while connected to Exchange and then close
Outlook, restart Outlook and switch to the other profile, then sync with
that. This makes a copy of the Exchange contents (I sync Contacts,
Calendar, Tasks, and Notes) in the PST.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

With ActiveSync, you can't. ActiveSync will sync only with the
delivery location. What I've done is create a second profile,
specifying a PST as the delivery location. I sync while connected to
Exchange and then close Outlook, restart Outlook and switch to the
other profile, then sync with that. This makes a copy of the
Exchange contents (I sync Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Notes) in
the PST.

I've never tried this (I don't use ActiveSync) - just curious as to whether
it will sync to the Exchange mailbox in cached mode whether online or
offline - could then avoid the separate PST, and use other means to secure
access to the locally-stored files (presuming NTFS-formatted drives, there
are many ways).

 

[Brian Tillman]

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

I've never tried this (I don't use ActiveSync) - just curious as to
whether it will sync to the Exchange mailbox in cached mode whether
online or offline - could then avoid the separate PST, and use other
means to secure access to the locally-stored files (presuming
NTFS-formatted drives, there are many ways).

Well, I've never tried it and I _want_ the separate PST at home in a profile
that doesn't connect to the Exchange server. I have another profile that
does connect to the Exchange server and I have no PST in that profile.