【Sync Contacts in Outlook】Step by Step Guide ▷ 2022

Synchronizing the contacts of the mail account with the telephone 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 either iOS.

Contact synchronization allows access to data from any location, facilitating communication and improving productivitysince although social networks occupy an important place in today’s life, email is an ally in our daily tasks.

and you don’t know how to synchronizekeep 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 telephone book.

Learn how to synchronize your mobile contacts with Outlook

By having an account Outlook, is can be added to smartphone to sync contacts that are kept in the mail with the telephone book.

The steps you must take to link Android and iOS we will tell you now:

on android

Outlook Has many advantages when synchronizing contactsbecause it allows to do it with accounts related together with the calendars.

Here we will show you how to link our phone book:

On your Android device go to “Setting”.

Then go to “Applications and notifications”.

Search the application of outlook.
head up “Permissions”.
when opening, scroll down to contacts and move the pin to the right side for activate it.
Now, you go to the application itself outlook.

When you enter, look for the section “Setting”.

and you touch on “Contact Synchronization”.

on iOS

There are different ways of perform the synchronization of contacts on mobile phones with the iOS system.

In this case, we will explain how to do it with Outlook in a very simple way:

In “Setting” search “Outlook”.
Now tap on “Contacts”.
The switch which indicates the update should be marked in green.
Opens the application of Outlook for iOS.
In your account settings, activate “Contact Synchronization”.

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 contents of the agenda to the email account.

We are going to teach you in a practical way how to do both:

to import

In these lines we will explain how bring contacts from outlook account to the phone book of your device with android.

Just get busy doing the following:

Opens your account and go to “Contacts”.

In the section “File, Archive” brand “Import and export”.
Choose “Export a file” and click on “Following”.

now choose “Export to SD card”.
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 you have saved on your iOS device:

On mobile, go to “Settings” and then to “Contacts”.
being in “Contacts”we seek “Accounts” and “Add accounts”.

you choose Outlook and proceed to enter your account details.
Over there are the contacts that we are going to import to device.
It will show you four options, select “Contacts” to copy them to the device.

Export

This time we will see how to pass the contacts that we already have stored and added on the mobile device to the Outlook email agenda:

On the phone, search “Contacts”.
Opens the menu.
Choose the function “Import or export”.

Click on “Export to SD card”.
copy the file that you saved in the previous step.
run “vCard Import or Export” to send the file to Outlook.

mark the first task of the 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 “To finalize” 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 to be able to use them on any device:

Connect the device to a computer via cable USB.
Launch the iTunes app to perform the procedure.
Now click on the information icon on your device, press “Synchronize contacts” after which you must mark the option of “Outlook”.
In the next window, press “All contacts” if you want to back them all or select the ones you want to send.
After you select, click on “Apply” to finish synchronization.
Now, enter your email Outlook using your credentials and You should now see all your contacts exported from the mobile device.