Can .pst file be located in Onedrive?

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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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Anonymous

2016-01-13T13:18:35+00:00

Whilst I find the discussion interesting, can someone give me a definitive answer to a simple question:

If I am a single Office 365 user, and am careful about never connecting more than one machine at a time, can I put the .pst files on OneDrive?

I know it could blow back, I know there are some risks of forgetting something that is open, I know all that, please don't give me another litany of the risks. Just tell me if it is a technically viable solution. Anything else is advice and opinion.
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Anonymous

2016-01-13T10:22:01+00:00

To sync mail you require either, an Exchange, or Outlook.com or IMAP, the latter will sync mail only the other two will sync all
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Anonymous

2016-01-13T09:38:44+00:00

I like the idea of using Outlook on my Android phone. Can I sync this with my desktop version of Outlook - I use a POP3 mail system so cannot use the online version of Outlook (I wish Microsoft would giver it a different name to avoid confusion!)
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Anonymous

2016-01-13T06:32:16+00:00

Thank you!

Are you 365 user?

If so, are you also using the Outlook app for Android, or maybe Outlook Web Access?

It is a matter of taste of course, but personally, I think Outlook mail (online), Onedrive, etc. they all look really nice, clean and straightforward - much nicer than Gmail.

Again, it is a matter of taste.

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Anonymous

2016-01-12T16:17:50+00:00

Office 365 MS Outlook can be configured with any type of mail account that your mail provider supports, be it pop, IMAP, Exchange or whatever. There is no requirement to switch to a different type of mail account, unless your mail provider withdraws support for that type of mail account

Office 365 is still desktop based, its simply that 365 is a subscription license that features automatic version updates, when released and providing any subscription is still current.

OneDrive is the default save location, but the local PC can be set as the default

The only bugbear with 365/2016 is that MS Outlook 2016 doesn't support Exchange 2007, and for any later version of Ex the auto discover option must be switched on by the Ex Admin

Search works the same way
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