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
    2015-02-01T00:01:40+00:00

    And what would I have to do to have automatic synching of Calendar, Tasks, and Notes?  One option I tried was testing using outlook.com, but outlook.com doesn´t support all of Outlook 365 features, notably Categories.  Then, I would be again stuck with having to do manual copies of the .pst file, anyway.

    As for the instruction you point on IMAP, they explain how to create a new IMAP email account, but they don´t mention the steps for the case most of us confront who would need to make a transition from an existing POP account. Issues like how to transfer "Saved" sub-folders of the existing POP account to the new IMAP account.

    To much mumbo jumbo in my searches..  Was sold the SP3 to solve my problem of needing to keep two devices in sync.  Got the doc's (word, excel) working with OneDrive.  But the Outlook isn't working.  Emails are going to both systems, but when I delete/block one, it doesn't sync with the other.  Also, just as importantly, the emails/folders/sub-folders from the original system haven't moved to the new. 

    I'm not an IT guy; typical business owner trying to do what is supposed to be simple...but apparently isn't.  Answers?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T09:38:33+00:00

    Exactly.  If we don´t get valid responses it may be because Microsoft doesn´t have any.  BTW,  I am an "IT guy" with an MS in Computer Science and 30 years of experience.  And I haven´t been able yet to find any valid, comprehensible and simple solution to what we want to do, that an average -or even advanced- user can implement.  I am forced to use brute force, copying .pst files, and that is not acceptable.  We may have to explore the Apple route.  I am thinking about that.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T12:10:32+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

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T12:14:45+00:00

    Apple or any other o/s is not the cure, as an IT guy with 30 years experience, you will be aware its the protocol being used that is required.

    Everything's in sync on all my devices, with my 365 business installation

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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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