open 2nd mailbox from a profile

[bucky3]

I have 2 profiles, one for work (using Exchange) and one for personal.
I was able to open my personal mailbox/calendar from the work profile
by opening the local outlook data file.

However, I have not been able to figure out how to view the work
mailbox/calendar from my personal profile, since the work mailbox/
calendar is not in a local outlook data file. (I don't need to connect
to the work mailbox/calendar, just to view it offline).

Anyone know if this is possible? Thanks!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

It would not be available offline but you can always use OWa.

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After furious head scratching, bucky3 asked:

| I have 2 profiles, one for work (using Exchange) and one for personal.
| I was able to open my personal mailbox/calendar from the work profile
| by opening the local outlook data file.
|
| However, I have not been able to figure out how to view the work
| mailbox/calendar from my personal profile, since the work mailbox/
| calendar is not in a local outlook data file. (I don't need to connect
| to the work mailbox/calendar, just to view it offline).
|
| Anyone know if this is possible? Thanks!

 

[bucky3]

It would not be available offline but you can always use OWa.

So I cannot view my Exchange mailbox calendar from another profile? I
know the information is stored on my machine somewhere because I can
view the calendar even when I'm offline.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

So I cannot view my Exchange mailbox calendar from another profile? I
know the information is stored on my machine somewhere because I can
view the calendar even when I'm offline.

What would be the point? You say you already have a profile in which you
can see all the data, so why would you need two profiles in which you can
see all the data.?

 

[bucky3]

What would be the point? You say you already have a profile in which you
can see all the data, so why would you need two profiles in which you can
see all the data.?

It's kind of complicated. I created a second profile (personal) so
that it can sync my personal stuff with my PDA using ActiveSync. I
would like to also be able to view my work schedule. (I'm using
Outlook 2003, btw).

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

It's kind of complicated. I created a second profile (personal) so
that it can sync my personal stuff with my PDA using ActiveSync. I
would like to also be able to view my work schedule. (I'm using
Outlook 2003, btw).

Adding an Exchange account to your personal profile, where the PST is the
delivery location, can be more problematic than adding a PST to the work
profile where the Exchange mailbox is ythe delivery location. When an
Exchange account is in a profile, it tends to take things over. For
example, Exchange wants to store your rules, even they're client-side rules.
My approach would be to make periodic PST copies of the data in the Exchange
mailbox and add that PST to the personal profile. If you don't update the
data in Exchange that often, the process won't be particularly onerous.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Make a second calendar in your personal pst and copy the work calendar to it
occasionally. I'd probably create a view that shows the created date and
sort by it, copying everything that was created since the last time I copied
the data over.

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[bucky3]

Adding an Exchange account to your personal profile, where the PST is the
delivery location, can be more problematic.

Thanks for the heads up that trying to do that can cause more
problems. Would it be possible to create a macro/script to
automatically copy the data over each day?