How to Sync a Windows Phone Calendar with Outlook

Computers have been able to help people get more organized. The use of calendars on computers and smartphones has enabled people to keep track of what they have to do and when they have to do it. The only problem that many people have with calendars is that they have too many of them. They have the calendar on their PC, the calendar on their laptop, the calendar on their tablet, the calendar on their Windows phone and even the old fashioned calendar that is taped to the refrigerator door. In addition to all of these different calendars, all of the members of the household have their own calendar.

This can defeat the purpose of the calendars. It becomes impossible to make sure all of the calendars have the same information and that the information that an individual is looking at is complete. That can be a problem unless people sync their calendars. If the calendars are synced than they can be accessed by different people and everyone will have the same information. It will keep a family organized and on time for the things they have to do.

In order to accomplish this feat it is necessary to know how sync a Windows phone colander with Microsoft Outlook. When people find out how simple it is to do, they will start to wonder why they never did it in the past.

  • Open up outlook on a PC
  • Go to options and choose sync
  • Choose the direction that you want to sync from and to (i.e. phone to PC)
  • Select what is to be synced (Calendar)
  • Connect the phone to the PC with a USB cable to complete the syncing process

If a person uses the outlook calendar it can be set up to automatically sync to all of the devices. In order to do this it is necessary to make sure that the Microsoft Outlook is turned on all of the devices. Once that is done, the user needs to sign into their Microsoft Live account. The calendars will automatically sync as long as there is an active internet connection. It does not require any other work.

It is also possible to sync other calendars through Outlook. In order to do that, it is necessary to select the setting on Outlook and choose add account. Choose the calendar that you want to add and select sync. That will allow the information to be sent into the Outlook Calendar.

There are some people that will take advantage of the many things that can be done when it comes to using Outlook. It is possible to view multiple calendars. The information will be displayed in different colors. This can be done by choosing calendar option in windows Live. From there the settings option can be chosen and the calendars that are desired to be displayed can be chosen.

Once a person has chosen to use Outlook to sync all of their calendars, there is no need to do much else. Thanks to the power of Outlook, the work will be done automatically.