Hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange

[z3r010]

Hotmail is making it easier for you to stay up-to-date and be productive on your phone. Starting today, you can get your email, calendar, and contacts pushed automatically to your phone using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). EAS keeps everything in sync between your phone and Hotmail, so whatever you do on your phone, like delete an email, add an appointment, or update one of your contacts with a new number, will also be reflected on the web, and vice-versa. If you use an email client on your PC that already syncs with Hotmail, like Outlook with the Outlook Connector or Windows Live Mail, what you do on your phone will show up there as well, delivering a seamless experience for managing your stuff between your PC email client, your browser, and your phone.

Today, EAS is supported by over 300 million mobile devices worldwide, including some of the most popular Windows, Nokia, and Palm smartphones, as well as the iPhone and iPad. For a full list of supported devices, click here.

Setup details: I encourage you to take a look at the phone-specific setup instructions and known issues at the Windows Live Solution Center page on Active Sync setup. Field

Setting

Server / URL

m.hotmail.com

Username

Enter full email address, for example: [email protected]

Domain

Leave this blank

SSL

Enable this

Certificate

Accept the SSL certificate when prompted

Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks

All can be enabled (see the Solution Center article for exceptions on some phones)



In the coming months, we will continue to bring out new features and capabilities based on feedback from our users, so please, stay tuned for more.



Dick Craddock
Group Program Manager
Windows Live Hotmail

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[BCXtreme]

I was a tester for this the last couple of weeks. Now I'm wondering how I lived so long without it!

 

[jorpe]

dang... doesn't work for (my) android evo

 

[BCXtreme]

dang... doesn't work for (my) android evo

Really?? Does that phone not support Exchange?

 

[jorpe]

dang... doesn't work for (my) android evo

Really?? Does that phone not support Exchange?

It does support exchange but hasn't worked for me yet.

 

[BCXtreme]

dang... doesn't work for (my) android evo

Really?? Does that phone not support Exchange?

It does support exchange but hasn't worked for me yet.

That's strange ... I was under the impression that everyone got the new feature simultaneously this time. Is a particular error you are getting?

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Hotmail is making it easier for you to stay up-to-date and be productive on your phone. Starting today, you can get your email, calendar, and contacts pushed automatically to your phone using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). EAS keeps everything in sync between your phone and Hotmail, so whatever you do on your phone, like delete an email, add an appointment, or update one of your contacts with a new number, will also be reflected on the web, and vice-versa. If you use an email client on your PC that already syncs with Hotmail, like Outlook with the Outlook Connector or Windows Live Mail, what you do on your phone will show up there as well, delivering a seamless experience for managing your stuff between your PC email client, your browser, and your phone.

More: Hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync

 

[win7clutz]

Interesting post... I'm wondering how much value exist here as most folks running exchange are managing their own domain mail not Hotmail.

 

[Darician]

It's mainly to reach out to the iPod Touch and iPad Market that have built-in Exchange support apart from so many phones that this support as well. Some may not support the Hotmail protocols but they support Exchange and will now be able to connect easily.

 

[BCXtreme]

Interesting post... I'm wondering how much value exist here as most folks running exchange are managing their own domain mail not Hotmail.

You don't understand. This announcement doesn't actually have anything to do with Exchange. This allows Hotmail users to access and sync their mail, contacts, and calendars through Exchange's ActiveSync protocol. I, for example, do not have an Exchange account, but I am now able to access my Hotmail using ActiveSync.

I hope that makes it clearer for you and anyone else who was confused.

 

[jorpe]

Really?? Does that phone not support Exchange?

It does support exchange but hasn't worked for me yet.

That's strange ... I was under the impression that everyone got the new feature simultaneously this time. Is a particular error you are getting?

Hotmail exchange and Evo 4g - Android Forums

There's a workaround in that thread. A different mail client than the stock android one works fine with syncing mail. I'm still playing with the calendar aspect and contacts as well

 

[aem]

Hmm how is this different to setting up hotmail using POP?

Calender and Contacts?

 

[BCXtreme]

Hmm how is this different to setting up hotmail using POP?

Calender and Contacts?

Trust me, it's totally different. POP doesn't support push, nor does it support proper syncing of messages. Hotmail's POP support is an afterthought for legacy software, it's not the way Hotmail is designed to work. IMAP/Exchange is.

And yes, it does also support Calendar and Contacts syncing.

 

[wakeboardr116]

I just updated my iPhone last night and it's syncing and everything fine but I'm having another quite serious problem. It seems to be KILLING my battery life. I charge my phone every night and after unplugging it this morning it was down to 80% percent in an hour. Now it's down to 32% and I haven't used it much today at all. Also the phone seems to be running somewhat hot.

I've never had this problem with other exchage accounts.

 

[BCXtreme]

I just updated my iPhone last night and it's syncing and everything fine but I'm having another quite serious problem. It seems to be KILLING my battery life. I charge my phone every night and after unplugging it this morning it was down to 80% percent in an hour. Now it's down to 32% and I haven't used it much today at all. Also the phone seems to be running somewhat hot.

I've never had this problem with other exchage accounts.

I've never heard of that either. Are you sure it's not something else wrong? What iPhone model are you using, and with what iOS version?

 

[aem]

I used POP and the syncing seems to be instant. Just that it doesn't have Calender or Contact..not that i can see.

 

[wakeboardr116]

I just updated my iPhone last night and it's syncing and everything fine but I'm having another quite serious problem. It seems to be KILLING my battery life. I charge my phone every night and after unplugging it this morning it was down to 80% percent in an hour. Now it's down to 32% and I haven't used it much today at all. Also the phone seems to be running somewhat hot.

I've never had this problem with other exchage accounts.

I've never heard of that either. Are you sure it's not something else wrong? What iPhone model are you using, and with what iOS version?

iPhone 4 with 4.0.1. I turned the phone off for a while and then turned it back on. It's on the charger now so I'll have to wait and see if it's still doing it. It was getting pretty warm like it was hung up trying to do something. I also noticed that when I turned it back on i got like several new emails right away. I wonder if it was hung up trying to recieve the new emails?

 

[BCXtreme]

I just updated my iPhone last night and it's syncing and everything fine but I'm having another quite serious problem. It seems to be KILLING my battery life. I charge my phone every night and after unplugging it this morning it was down to 80% percent in an hour. Now it's down to 32% and I haven't used it much today at all. Also the phone seems to be running somewhat hot.

I've never had this problem with other exchage accounts.

I've never heard of that either. Are you sure it's not something else wrong? What iPhone model are you using, and with what iOS version?

iPhone 4 with 4.0.1. I turned the phone off for a while and then turned it back on. It's on the charger now so I'll have to wait and see if it's still doing it. It was getting pretty warm like it was hung up trying to do something. I also noticed that when I turned it back on i got like several new emails right away. I wonder if it was hung up trying to recieve the new emails?

Yes, it's possible that it was having a connection problem for some reason. Let us know whether the problem goes away now or not.

 

[wakeboardr116]

Seems to be doing better now. I'll report back if it happens again.

 

[romy134]

So if I'm reading this corectly, this does not work with and [email protected] account? only Hotmail?