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Originally Posted by eddieyee
Hi all,
I have been syncing to a personal exchange server for a long time and use Outlook '07 as my interface and my mobile phone (activesync) to supplement... I'm currently looking for an alternative, as I don't want to maintain my exchange server.
Quite simply, I need contacts and calendar syncd up somewhere, preferably online, and preferably something that works in Outlook...
Since I use hotmail extensively, I thought I would look at the Microsoft offerings. I see that it's possible to sync email and contacts to the phone... but anybody know how to sync the calendar? I see Microsoft's Outlook/Windows Live connector, which is great cause it includes Calendar syncing, but that is for Outlook on the PC only. (For those interested, you can get the connector here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/d...displaylang=en )
Anybody know if calendar to phone syncing will be available anytime soon via windows live? Or any other alternative???
Thanks!
Eddie |
Ok bear with me here.. not sure why, if you have your own EX server that you are using Hotmail? Is that for webmail use? Why not use the phone instead for email?
That being said, why not put Outlook 07 to better use and use its calendar? I confirmed today that you can send (forward or directly invite) meeting requests directly to your phone through mail. I happen to have gmail set up on it, so im not sure about other ISP's web based mail.
If youre using Hotmail, im gonna presume that you ARENT using it for contacts and or an email server? If so, what purpose is the EX serving? There are plenty of free email servers that run on Windows and Linux that would serve for email, and use Outlook 07 for handling mail reading, contacts, and calendars.
MS also has a plugin for Outlook 07 that can send SMS messages to your cell phone with the agenda for the next day as well. I used that when i was using my Instinct since i have all my bill due dates in the calendar, and didnt want to miss any payments.
You can also publish your Outlook calendar (public or private) with MS, and it syncs daily with your PC.