Outlook contact categories should be stored on Exchange

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Corey Monteiro - 30 Mar 2006 22:00 GMT

Just about everything in Outlook is central to Exchange when set up on a
domain, but I've found that Contact Categories are only stored in a registry
key. If a user has set up their own categories and then logs into a
different computer, their categories are not available. They key has to be
exported/imported. The categories should be stored in Exchange so that they
can be accessed and updated from any computer.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 30 Mar 2006 22:54 GMT

Your wish will be granted in Outlook 2007, which will store categories in the user's default store. Check out Hank's blog entry for some preview information on color categories -- http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/archive/2006/02/17/534491.aspx

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> Just about everything in Outlook is central to Exchange when set up on a
> domain, but I've found that Contact Categories are only stored in a registry
> key. If a user has set up their own categories and then logs into a
> different computer, their categories are not available. They key has to be
> exported/imported. The categories should be stored in Exchange so that they
> can be accessed and updated from any computer.

Reply to this Message