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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / May 2006Importing Contacts from PST to OWA
We jsut landed a project where the clinet wants to use exchange and OWA to share 3000+ contacts that is currently located in a PST file on her computer. How can we get the contacts imported into the OWA public folder? Thanks! I think you need to sit down with the client and make sure they need to understand the limitations of what they're proposing -- mainly that a contacts folder in the Public Folders hierarchy cannot be used to select addresses for sending messages. Users can still look up people, there, of course, but it won't be used as an address list. If you still want to go through with it, set up a mail profile on a machine that has Outlook installed to log into a mailbox that has Write access on the public folder. Get a copy of the PST file and open it with the File | Open | Outlook Data File command, then copy the items from the PST folder into the public folder.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > We jsut landed a project where the clinet wants to use exchange and OWA to > share 3000+ contacts that is currently located in a PST file on her computer. > How can we get the contacts imported into the OWA public folder? > > Thanks! Thanks for the fast reply. If you don't mind could I pick your brain for one more question. What would be the best way for five remote users to share contacts using xp home? > I think you need to sit down with the client and make sure they need to understand the limitations of what they're proposing -- mainly that a contacts folder in the Public Folders hierarchy cannot be used to select addresses for sending messages. Users can still look up people, there, of course, but it won't be used as an address list. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > > Thanks! I don't understand the question. Windows XP Home has no features in it for sharing contacts. Since you have Exchange, why would you ask about XP Home? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Thanks for the fast reply. If you don't mind could I pick your brain for one > more question. What would be the best way for five remote users to share [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> > >> > Thanks! I am sorry. I was to brief like you could read my mind. What I mean is that all the users have XP Home on ther computers and I noticed that Outlook it displays differnt on XP Home than it does on XP Pro. In XP Home, Outllok does not display "Share My Contacts" but in Pro it does. So, going forward, my question is what is the best practice for sharing contacts lists with exchange server? Thank you. > I don't understand the question. Windows XP Home has no features in it for sharing contacts. Since you have Exchange, why would you ask about XP Home? > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >> > > >> > Thanks! > I am sorry. I was to brief like you could read my mind. What I mean > is that all the users have XP Home on ther computers and I noticed > that Outlook it displays differnt on XP Home than it does on XP Pro. > In XP Home, Outllok does not display "Share My Contacts" but in Pro > it does. So, going forward, my question is what is the best practice > for sharing contacts lists with exchange server? Outlook on XP Home and XP Pro is identical. I've got that setup. If you see a difference, it could be your accounts are set up differently. For example, the Pro system could have its delivery location on the Exchange server while the Home system's delivery location is a PST. SignatureBrian Tillman The most likely explanation is that those users don't have an Exchange account in their Outlook mail profile. Maybe they're using POP instead? They won't be able to share contacts unless they have an Exchange account in their mail profiles. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I am sorry. I was to brief like you could read my mind. What I mean is that > all the users have XP Home on ther computers and I noticed that Outlook it [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Thanks! |
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