[Q] Will Windows Phone 7 Sync with Outlook that is not connected via Exchange?

[ericc191]

I too don't like the cloud based approach Microsoft wants to implement. I'm hoping there will be a third party solution.

 

[janemanno1]

Take a pragmatic look at what data about you is out there on the internet and make a considered, risk based approach. If after that you still don`t like contacts and calendar events in the cloud, WP7 is not for you.

I see your point but I store most my friend and family member's birthdays, anniversary, their kid's names, address and home phone numbers. It would be a disaster to have that information out in open for someone to hack. Atleast my Outlook data is at home sitting behind a firewall and stuff.

That being said, I am not saying that the server farms that serve cloud are open, I am sure they are probably more secure than my own PC at home but then there is more motive for hackers to gain access to the cloud than getting to my PC; so more risks. And let us not fool ourselves by overlooking the record of online privacy issues.

 

[lavike]

I think Janemanno has a point. If the information is online it isn't private. I'm usually not a conspiracy theorist but it only take the Justice Department one search warrent to get into the Cloud in the USA (not sure about other countries) but they would have to get search warrents for each computer at home.

What assurances are there that we are protected from hackers, data purchasers, and our own governments?

Ugh!

 

[janemanno1]

Apart from all that issues lets say that I will put all that info there but I just tried to create 1 contact in Outlook and installed the Outlook Live Connector.

I populated all the fields that I generally use and guess what, the live contacts doesn't not have a field for anniversary and no categories. I thought the whole point of WP7 was to be productive and be effective at organising. Not looking good.

In my view WP7 is the Windows Vista of mobile phones where a lot of things are missing and next version I am hoping will be like Windows 7.

 

[N8ter]

Apart from all that issues lets say that I will put all that info there but I just tried to create 1 contact in Outlook and installed the Outlook Live Connector.

I populated all the fields that I generally use and guess what, the live contacts doesn't not have a field for anniversary and no categories. I thought the whole point of WP7 was to be productive and be effective at organising. Not looking good.

In my view WP7 is the Windows Vista of mobile phones where a lot of things are missing and next version I am hoping will be like Windows 7.

L2windowslive

I have no issues adding anniversaries.

Half of you people prolly use android with all ur stuff on a google server anyways...

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[janemanno1]

When I login to my windows live account ***@live.com, I can see the birthday but I can't see the anniversary. Are you in US? Is it possible that it hasn't been rolled out to other countries yet? I use WM 6.5 at the moment and the only thing is I am looking for a new contract so want to give this a go but the Outlook sync is putting me off.

 

[starsprite]

I notice a guide which may be helpful for you

hi,

since i encounter the sync issue, i found following guide.

i hope it can be helpful for you:

//bit.ly/dQBiTb


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[N8ter]

Old thread but I just want to add that your consumer antivirus and firewall has nothing on what's running on the Windows Live servers. If you use the same password everywhere or weak passwords and get hacked that's your problem, but your home computer isn't anything near as secure as the Windows Live Servers. Far from it.

Someone can break into your house, take the hard drive and just get the PST file and all of your information is in there...

Or they can hack your computer and download it.

I dunno where people get these ideas that their home computers are more secure than a Microsoft/Google servers come from.

And yes, your information is private if you know how to set your privacy controls. Microsoft/Google will not steal your identity and buy a house... Trust me...