Back up Microsoft Outlook data
If you have changed your backup file selection or moved your Microsoft Data File to a different location, verify that the file is included in your backup file selection. For the default location of your Microsoft Data File, see Outlook File Locations below.
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On Windows, the Code42 app backs up the home folder, including the default location of your Microsoft Data File, by default. So in most cases, your email is backed up automatically and you don't need to take any further action.
When scheduling a meeting with Outlook 2016 for Mac, particularly a meeting where attendees will attend in person, you'll need to include a meeting room in the invitation. If you know the name of the meeting room, you can enter that name directly in the Location field. If you don't know the name, or if you're scheduling a meeting in a location.
If your Windows Outlook data is very large or you are using Outlook for Mac, see below for some further considerations based on your operating system.
To uninstall Office for Mac 2011 move the applications to the Trash.Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process. Before you remove Office for Mac 2011, quit all Office applications and make sure there's nothing in Trash that you want to keep. Leave Office applications closed while you go through this process. Microsoft Outlook saves your email messages, calendar, tasks, and other items in either an Outlook for Windows Data File (.pst) or an Outlook for Mac Data File (.olm). This article guides you through the process of recovering your Outlook data by restoring your Outlook Data File with the Code42 app. /Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities. Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an. Now, Outlook Mac 2016 user can easily repair and rebuilds the profile as Office 2016 automatically rebuilds the Outlook Mac profile if issues like Outlook data corruption occur. This is one of the main upgrades from Office 2011 for Mac, in which the user had to manually rebuild the Office database. Location of Outlook 2011, 2016 Mac Profile.
Microsoft .ost files are excluded from backup for CrashPlan for Small Business. For more information about Outlook Data Files, including why you do not need to back up .ost files, see Microsoft's Outlook documentation.
See What is not backing up for a complete list of files excluded from backup.
Windows
The Code42 app backs up open files like Microsoft Outlook PST files using the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). This approach has a low impact on system resources and is fully supported by Microsoft.
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For more information, see our full article about Understand and troubleshoot backing up open files with Windows VSS.
Mac
To ensure the database and all Outlook data can be recovered, we recommend exporting your Outlook data to an Outlook for Mac Data File (.olm) and backing up that file.
Outlook's Main Identity folder contains a database of Outlook data and many separate data records for emails, preferences, contacts, and other information. Microsoft provides instructions for recovering the Main Identity folder, but it may not fully recover all of your Outlook data, which is why we recommend recovering from an .olm file.