62 | Synchronizing Your Pocket PC Phone
4.1 Using ActiveSync
ActiveSync synchronizes information on your device with information
on your PC, such as Outlook content. ActiveSync can also synchronize
over a wireless or cellular network with Microsoft Exchange Server,
if your company or service provider is running Microsoft Exchange
Server with Exchange ActiveSync. 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:
• Synchronize information, such as Outlook E-mail, Contacts,
Calendar, or Tasks information on your device with your PC, as
well as pictures, video, and music.
• Synchronize Outlook E-mail, Contacts, Calendar appointments,
and Tasks on your device directly with Exchange Server so that
you can stay up to date even when your PC is turned off.
• Exchange files between your device and your PC without
synchronizing.
• Select which types of information are synchronized and specify
how much information is synchronized. For example, you can
choose how many weeks of past Calendar appointments to
synchronize.
Before you can synchronize information with a PC, you must first install
ActiveSync on your PC and create a synchronization relationship
between your device and the PC. You can install ActiveSync from the
Getting Started disc that comes with your device. ActiveSync is already
installed on your device.
Once you have installed ActiveSync and set up a synchronization
relationship, ActiveSync on the PC recognizes your device when you
connect it, and automatically transfers the synchronization settings you
specified on your device.
You may be able to synchronize your device with Exchange Server
through your company or wireless service provider. If you plan to
