Desktop to Laptop

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I am thinking about getting a laptop and scrapping my office computer. I
have one issue that I cant seem to solve, Microsoft Outlook. Currently I am
directly hooked up with the exchange server, I like the peace of mind that my
stuff is stored and backed up on a server. If I switch to a laptop is my
only option a POP3 connection? I realize I can keep a copy of my email on
the server but what if my laptop blows up or gets lost or stolen? What will
happen to all my contacts/appointments and so on?

Thanks for you help.

Trey
 
Not sure what you mean, a laptop is simply a portable desktop, the setup is
the same, unless you propose to travel with your laptop
 
Is there any good reason why you can't install Outlook on your new laptop
and use the same Exchange Server account you currently have?

Hal
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I would like to use the laptop at work at home and travel with it. I just
want Outlook to work the same while I am away as it does while I am on the
exchange server.
 
Wont I have to set it up as a pop3 account? I would like it to function the
same when I am at the office or away.
 
Trey said:
Wont I have to set it up as a pop3 account?
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Not necessarily. Ask the Exchange admins where you work how to connect to
Exchange while you're on the road.
 
No, there's no reason at all for you to set it up as POP3. At the very
WORST, you'd set it up as an IMAP account which would still keep everything
stored on the Exchange Server and available from anywhere. What you'd lose
with this is access to special folder content - Contacts, Tasks, Calendar,
etc. Otherwise, you'd setup a standard Exchange Server account and connect
one of two ways, either through a VPN tunnel created on your laptop to your
business network, or by configuring the account to do RPC over HTTP; your
Exchange administrator should have information on which way to go. You also
should have OWA (Outlook Web Access) available. Talk to your Exchange
admin, this is a very do-able thing.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
 
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