NAS files, Offline, Sync Centre and windows 8.1

Hello,
I can't believe how difficult it is to locate an essential feature of windows xp and 7 in Windows 8.1! My shiny new 8.1 machine has mapped a folder on a NAS device to its P: drive. This folder is used by a couple of other machines in my small network (both
W7) and they have made the folder "available offline" as they need to be able to access the files when away from home. This works fine and files are synchronised on return to the office.
I cannot find any way to "make the folder available offline" with my 8.1 machine. Sync Centre (in the control panel) wont allow me to create any "partnerships". The nearest I can get to this functionality is SkyDrive but that's not what
I need.
This has GOT to be a common requirement, surely? Am I missing something?
Many thanks
Stuart

Hi Stuart,
Which version of Windows 8.1 are you running? Is it the base version of Windows 8.1 or the Enterprise version? Concurrently, which version of Windows XP and Windows 7 are you running? If I am correct in the my thinking, I would guess that you are currently
running the professional version of Windows XP and Windows 7. To the best of my knowledge, Sync Center does require Windows Client to be at the Professional level edition or higher. According to
this Sync Center FAQ from Microsoft the ability to sync with network folders will not work with Home Premium editions which is equivalent to the standard version of Windows 8.1 I can confirm that Sync Center and offline files does indeed work in Windows
8.1 Professional as I am using Windows 8.1 myself and just performed a local test.
If you were to upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro by purchasing the Windows 8.1 Pro Pack you will gain quite a few features such as the ability to join a domain. Check out
this page from Microsoft to compare the features each edition of Windows 8.1 offers
I hope this helps!

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