Can .pst file be located in Onedrive?

Anonymous
2014-03-22T13:11:31+00:00

I have read some other posts and I am thoroughly confused.  Here is my setup, and what I would like to do:

I have a subscription to Office 365.  My main email account is a Gmail account, and it´s a POP account.  I also use  Calendar, Notes, and Tasks on my Outlook 365 setup on my main desktop computer.  I also have a Laptop that I only use when I am on travel.  Therefore, I never use the Desktop and Laptop simultaneously; I use either one or the other.

Until now, each time I go on travel, I need to manually copy my C:\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook[emailaddress].pst file from my Desktop to my Laptop, and then copy it back to my Desktop after the end of my trip.  This is awkward and very inconvenient, to say the least.

Could I move the storage location of the .pst file to Onedrive, so that both Outlook 365 installations in both the Desktop and the Laptop are pointing to the same .pst file and I wouldn´t have to do all the manual copying anymore?

If I can do that, what steps would I have to do to to change the storage location of the .pst file so that I don´t mess up anything?

Alternatively, if storing the .pst file in Onedrive was not supported or recommended, is there a way to automatically keep two installations of Office365 as I described, in synch?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-02T09:08:05+00:00

    Full sync wont be available in your home version, unless you use third party sync tools 

    Actually not quite.

    An outlook.com email account will sync mail, calendar, contacts and tasks without any third-party utilities as it uses Exchange Active Sync.

    What the Op could do is to set up an Outlook.com mail account, and add the Gmail as an alias.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T20:08:35+00:00

    MS sells products to both home & business users, in most cases it makes no difference to the type of user, except in the case of MS Outlook, where to obtain full integration/sync between devices it requires an exchange connection, which is only available in Business editions.

    Full sync wont be available in your home version, unless you use third party sync tools

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T19:59:37+00:00

    Not wrong, but you wont have full sync between devices with outlook

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T16:28:49+00:00

    365 Home versions are not licensed for commercial use, you said 'typical business owner'

    If you want full sync for MS outlook on multiple devices, you use 365 business which features full outlook exchange

    Uhhh, ok.  Mind you, I'm working with the products that the MS store sold me to solve this problem.  Office 365 for up to 5 systems (my desktop, laptop and surface, all used for work).  Business, or commercial, whatever.  Did I get sold the wrong items?

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T15:53:50+00:00

    Palcouk:  Two comments: 1) On this thread I am referring to a home setting, and 2) The problem is more complex that it seems:

    -  Keep email in synch:  I know that if I create a new IMAP account I get everything in synch.  However, I still would have to figure out how to move all my many years-long email history in terms of saved messages on Outlook subfolders (several levels deep) that currently only exist organized like that on my Outlook desktop.  And I get panicked just to think the many things that could go wrong if try to switch from POP to IMAP.

    -  Even is email was in synch.  the rest of Outlook functions (Notes, Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks) would still need a synch mechanism.  I can do that now with a third-party solution, but it adds even more complexity.

    I have some ideas on how to make it all work, but I don´t have time to make this a thesis project.

    Amazing that Microsoft hasn´t figured a way around it.  Not even with Windows Mobile phones.  And not even with their just-released mobile Outlook, full of half-baked synch functions.

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