Windows and Entourage

[Richard Garneau]

Here's a good one. A while back, when I was unemployed, I switched to Mac
and MS Office and fell in love with Entourage. Now I work for a company
that requires that I carry a PC with MS Office for Windows and they won't
let me put my Mac on the network. I travel a lot and don't want to carry 2
laptops. Here is where my problems start: When I am travellling, I want to
have access to my personal contacts and calendar (and email too if possible)
without having to switch to windows cuz I love my Mac. Is there some way to
tranfer my data file to the Internet (so I can access it while on the road),
make changes (if necessary), then copy the data back to my Mac when I
return?

I know, I am asking a whole lot here, but can't hurt to dream, right?

Thanks to whomever has an idea,

Richard Garneau
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Is there some way to
tranfer my data file to the Internet (so I can access it while on the road),
make changes (if necessary), then copy the data back to my Mac when
I return?

Do you have an Exchange account?? If yes, chances are that you can
sync to it with your Mac from outside,

Corentin

 

[RonL]

If your company is running Exchange 2003, are they using RPC over
HTTP? If so, you can use Entourage and Outlook simultaneously. For
example, I run Entourage natively in OS X, then have Outlok 2007 open
in a Windows session running as a virtual machine in Parallels. I have
the same situation you do in that my company is a Microsoft shop and
doesn't really condone my use of a Macbook. This allows me to satisfy
my wish to run OS X and theirs to support me under Windows.

Hope this helps!