How to sync the OneNote 2013 Notebooks using the own server

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I'm a big fan of OneNote 2013 including the sync function, however I have privacy concerns using Microsoft's Skydrive cloud. Is there a way I can use the same sync comfort with my own server?

OneNote 2013 seems to support Notebooks stored on a Sharepoint, however when trying that out it wasn't possible to specify a certain server address, only my e-mail. Does that mean that the Sharepoint must be hosted by Microsoft as well?

Side condition: I'd like to use the latest clients and apps including Windows Phone…

Thanks for any advice!

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The only way that I know of is to host your own SharePoint instance.

Older versions of OneNote supported any webDAV server, but newer versions use SharePoint extensions (typical Microsoft).

I'm not aware of any 3rd party Sharepoint compatible server product.

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Objection noted, but according to one of the developer's blog, OneNote 2007 natively syncs to a WEBDAV server, so you can host the master notebook there and sync to many machines.

Saving OneNote notebooks on hard drive and simultaneously on Skydrive

NTFS provides a functionality called symbolic link kind of like a hard-link (Not a shortcut) you can place links to your Notebooks folder in your Backup Folder which will then automatically sync. Here's a utility that can create Junctions for you: Junction

To create a junction c:\Skydrive\MyNotes for "c:\My Docs\NyNotes":

Create Directory:

C:\Skydrive>md MyNotes

Create junction:

C:\>junction c:\Skydrive\MyNotes "c:\My Docs\MyNotes"

Now everything in MyDocs\MyNotes is also (technically) in Skydrive\MyNotes - And automatically synced!

Here's a right-key click solution for the problem, no command line required: NTFSLink

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