Sync2

Having the same emails accessible on multiple computers may not be too difficult a feat but an email client is more than a tool to offer access to messages stored on a server. Most of them provide filtering options, organization of the messages, store contacts or include a calendar holding your weekly agenda, all of them tied to the local client.

In the case of Microsoft’s Outlook third party tools can help you have the same data across multiple computers. Sync2 for Outlook is one utility created with this purpose in mind.

In order to work, the application requires a version of Microsoft Outlook to be available on the system, otherwise the installation process does not start.

The application is designed as a complete data synchronization solution for Outlook and it includes the possibility to share the client’s information across multiple computers, both over LAN and over the Internet.

Besides syncing the read/unread details the program can also include the list of contacts as well as the data from the calendars. There is support for copying the entries from Google Tasks to Outlook’ folders, complete with the categories they’re grouped into.

Even with the synchronization service active, there is still the possibility to lose the data. To protect against such an event Sync2 sports backup functionality that allows restoring the information at a later time or migrating it to a new computer.

The synchronization process can occur automatically according to user-defined parameters or it can be initiated manually.

Sync2 for Outlook provides a flexible range of sync options for Microsoft’s email client. It can run automatically and does not require the email utility to run in order to do its job. More importantly, it achieves its purpose without the need of a Microsoft Exchange server.