Synchronizing the contacts of the email account with the phone book is possible, either with Gmail as many users do or also with Outlook, the mark of Microsoft, this regardless of whether we are using the operating system Android or iOS.
Synchronization of contacts allows access to data from any location, facilitating communication and improving productivity, since although social networks occupy an important place in todayâs life, email is an ally in our daily tasks.
If you are a permanent Outlook user and you donât know how to synchronize, keep reading this course, because we are going to focus on two basic aspects related to contacts: on the one hand link them with the mobile and on the other the appropriate way to import and export data from the phone book.
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Learn how to synchronize your mobile contacts with Outlook
By having an account of Outlook, is can be added to smartphone to sync contacts to be kept in the mail with the phone book.
The steps you must take to link on Android and iOS we will tell you now:
On Android
Outlook Has many advantages when synchronizing contacts, because it allows doing it with accounts related together with the calendars.
Here we are going to show you how to link our phone book:
- On your Android device go to âSettingâ.
- Then enter âApplications and notificationsâ.
- Search the application of Outlook.
- Head up to âPermissionsâ.
- When opening, go down to contacts and move the pin to the right side for activate it.
- Now, you go to the application itself of Outlook.
- When you enter, look for the section âSettingâ.
- And you touch on âSynchronization of contactsâ.
On ios
There are different ways to Synchronize mobile contacts with the iOS system.
In this case, we will explain how to do it with Outlook in a very simple way:
- In âSettingâ search âOutlookâ.
- Now tap on âContactsâ.
- The switch indicating the update should be marked green.
- Opens the application of Outlook for iOS.
- In your account settings, you activate âSynchronization of contactsâ.
So you can export or import contacts from Android or iOS to Outlook
This section is based on the task of bring us the contacts from Outlook to the device or on the other hand, take the content of the agenda for the email account.
We are going to teach you in a practical way how to do both:
to import
In these lines we are going to explain how bring contacts from Outlook account to the phone book of your device with Android.
Just take care of doing the following:
- Opens your account and reaches âContactsâ.
- In the section âArchiveâ Mark âImport and exportâ.
- Choose âExport a file â and click on âFollowingâ.
- Now choose âExport to SD cardâ.
- The file will be saved in external memory.
- From there You can copy it to the phone or send the file by mail to an account Gmail to configure it with the service Google.
Now we show you the route you must follow to import the contacts that you have saved on your iOS device:
- On mobile, get to âSettingsâ and then to âContactsâ.
- Being in âContactsâ, we seek âAccountsâ and âAdd accountsâ.
- You choose Outlook and proceed to enter your account details.
- There are the contacts that we are going to import to device.
- It will show you four options, select âContactsâ to copy them to the device.
To export
This time we will see how to transfer the contacts that we already have stored and added on the mobile device to the Outlook email agenda:
- On the phone, search âContactsâ.
- Opens the menu.
- Choose the function âImport or export.â
- Tap on âExport to SD cardâ.
- Copy the file that you saved in the previous step.
- Run âImport or Export vCardâ to send the file to Outlook.
- Mark the first task installation wizard.
- Select the contact folder to import from Android Y choose a location.
- Configure the following window according to your priorities.
- And click on âFinalizeâ to run the import.
Now, we will make a backup copy of the contacts saved in iOS, to have them backed up in email and be able to use them on any device:
- Connect the device to a computer via cable USB.
- Launch the iTunes application to perform the procedure.
- Now click on the information icon on your device, press âSynchronize contactsâ after which you must mark the option of âOutlookâ.
- In the next window, press âAll contactsâ if you want to back them all or select the ones you want to send.
- After you select, click on âApplyâ to finish syncing.
- Now, enter your email Outlook using your credentials and You should already see all your contacts exported from the mobile device.