are notes really missing from exchange server sync?

[fischinger]

hello,
I've just switched to mac and entourage 2008. I use an exchange server. There are none of my "notes" that show up in the account. Is it really true that notes are not synchronized? Is there a workaround! This is an important feature that I use frequently.
Scott

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Scott,

unfortunately, it is true. Neither notes nor tasks are synched to Exchange
servers. As for workarounds: you could save your notes as e-mail drafts and
store them in a mail folder that you have created for that purpose. Mail
messages and folders are synched to the server, and you can use the same
formatting options for both notes and e-mail messages. I'm not sure how
happy you are with this workaround; it gets the job done, but I agree, it
definitely is a pain not to be able to synch tasks and notes.

hello,
I've just switched to mac and entourage 2008. I use an exchange server. There
are none of my "notes" that show up in the account. Is it really true that
notes are not synchronized? Is there a workaround! This is an important
feature that I use frequently.
Scott

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Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Is it really true that notes are not synchronized?

Yes it's really really true.
Notes, categories adn contact pictures are not synchronized.

Corentin

 

[William Smith]

Hi Scott,

unfortunately, it is true. Neither notes nor tasks are synched to Exchange
servers. As for workarounds: you could save your notes as e-mail drafts and
store them in a mail folder that you have created for that purpose. Mail
messages and folders are synched to the server, and you can use the same
formatting options for both notes and e-mail messages. I'm not sure how
happy you are with this workaround; it gets the job done, but I agree, it
definitely is a pain not to be able to synch tasks and notes.

Rather than use E-mail drafts use the "Post" feature (File --> New -->
Post). It's like a mail message but you don't mail it. You simply "post"
it to your folder. (This is an Exchange Server only feature.)

On the Mac side, you may be tempted to create a "Notes" folder but do
not do this. Your Exchange Server account already has a "Notes" folder
dedicated to the Notes feature in Outlook but naming the folders the
same can lead to data loss. I use "My Notes" and put posts in there. It
works great!

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>