Default Data File - Exchange Mailbox vs. PST

[MS Poster]

Hello:

I am trying to work out a smooth transition for users from their existing
PST files to Exchange Mailboxes. Most will probably want to keep the PST
for accessing non-Exchange accounts. It appears that if you connect Outlook
(with an existing PST and mail accounts) to Exchange that the Exchange Mailbox
must be the default Data File. (That is, it must if you want Exchange to
have functionality beyond being a glorified POP account.) Further, when you
allow Exchange to be the default, it's Categories, Colors, Calendar, and
Address Books all become defaults. I know how to change the default Address
Books but how do I change (or import) the other items (Categories and Calendar)?

Thanks.

(P.S. yes, Diane, I pulled this out to a separate thread. Many thanks for
your help.)

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am trying to work out a smooth transition for users from their
existing PST files to Exchange Mailboxes. Most will probably want to keep
the
PST for accessing non-Exchange accounts. It appears that if you connect
Outlook (with an existing PST and mail accounts) to Exchange that the
Exchange Mailbox must be the default Data File. (That is, it must if
you want Exchange to have functionality beyond being a glorified POP
account.) Further,
when you allow Exchange to be the default, it's Categories, Colors,
Calendar, and Address Books all become defaults. I know how to change
the default Address Books but how do I change (or import) the other
items (Categories and Calendar)?

If your mail profile has the Exchange mailbox as the delivery location and
also has the PST open in it, what more do you need? If you want the
contents of the PST's Contacts and Calendar folders to reside in Exchange
(as they should), just open up the Contacts folder in the PST, select all
the items in it with CTRL-A, and copy them to the COntacts folder in the
Exchange mailbox. Do the same with the Calendar in the PST (although you'll
have to choose a table view like By Category in order for CTRL-A to select
all of the items). Copy the contents of the remaining non-mail folders,
too, if you wish. Leave the old mail folders alone and residing in the PST.