LeeDock
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- Outlook version
- Outlook 2013 64 bit
- Email Account
- IMAP
What is the recommended outlook backup strategy for office 365 personal? I have recently moved from a corporate exchange environment to a completely personal environment. It was much harder that I would have thought. My personal e-mail service is with gmail and it was especially hard to get a galaxy phone to sync with outlook but thanks to Diane's web site and forums I figured it out using the "Go Contact Sync Mod" utility to sync the calendar and contacts. The lack of category support on 365 was especially annoying because that is how I segmented my contacts. Again, there is a workaround for that but it is also a pain.
Here is what I'm doing now for backing up:
1. I use an IMAP account for e-mail so the phone and outlook sync. I backup the .ost file to a separate hard drive.
2. I periodically "export" the .ost file to a .pst file and then backup that file to a separate hard drive.
3. I also have legacy .pst files that I use and I backup these files to a separate hard drive. I tried importing some of the folders from the old .pst files into the new .ost and it crashed outlook. I found I had a very old format of .pst and then created a new .pst account and moved all the old folders to a new .pst but it still crashed Outlook so I just keep them separate for now.
I have a couple of questions:
1. Is there anything wrong with the above strategy? If I lose my laptop can I recreate my outlook with the .ost or .pst? I would hate to find a flaw in the strategy during a laptop rebuild.
2. Is there a utility that will periodically and automatically export a .pst from the .ost so I can have all the external drive backups done in the backgroud?
3. When I export the .ost to a .pst file do I lose any info like categories on contacts?
Thanks in advance for the help.
regards,
Lee
Here is what I'm doing now for backing up:
1. I use an IMAP account for e-mail so the phone and outlook sync. I backup the .ost file to a separate hard drive.
2. I periodically "export" the .ost file to a .pst file and then backup that file to a separate hard drive.
3. I also have legacy .pst files that I use and I backup these files to a separate hard drive. I tried importing some of the folders from the old .pst files into the new .ost and it crashed outlook. I found I had a very old format of .pst and then created a new .pst account and moved all the old folders to a new .pst but it still crashed Outlook so I just keep them separate for now.
I have a couple of questions:
1. Is there anything wrong with the above strategy? If I lose my laptop can I recreate my outlook with the .ost or .pst? I would hate to find a flaw in the strategy during a laptop rebuild.
2. Is there a utility that will periodically and automatically export a .pst from the .ost so I can have all the external drive backups done in the backgroud?
3. When I export the .ost to a .pst file do I lose any info like categories on contacts?
Thanks in advance for the help.
regards,
Lee