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7.
Synchronizing
124 Smartphone User Manual
7.1 Using ActiveSync
Maintaining a steady connection between your phone device
and your desktop or notebook PC is essential. This process
of sharing information is called "synchronization." ActiveSync synchronizes information stored on your phone from
your PC or Microsoft Exchange Server. It also allows you
to share files between your phone and your PC.
When you synchronize, ActiveSync compares the information on your device with the information on your PC and/or
Exchange Server and updates all locations with the most
recent information.
With ActiveSync, you can:
• Keep your Outlook information up-to-date by synchronizing your phone with your PC.
• Maintain connection with your Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts with a server so that you have the latest information,
even when your computer is turned off.
• Copy (rather than synchronize) files between your phone
and your PC. Installation of new phone software applications
utilities are done through ActiveSync.
• Have control over when synchronization occurs by selecting a synchronization schedule.
• Select which types of information are synchronized and
specify how much information is synchronized. For example,
you can choose how many weeks of past appointments to
synchronize.
• Using Server ActiveSync, you can synchronize information directly with a Microsoft Exchange Server if your company is running Microsoft Mobile Information Server.