Set Up Exchange ActiveSync Access to Your Mailbox

If you have a Windows Mobile phone or a mobile phone that supports Exchange ActiveSync, you can use your mobile phone to access your mailbox. You can access your e-mail messages, appointments and meetings, contacts, tasks, and voice mail messages on your mobile phone.

You can set up a Windows Mobile phone to access your mailbox. You can only synchronize your mobile phone with one mailbox. You can also set up your mailbox to receive voice mail messages from your mobile phone.

How do I set up Exchange ActiveSync on a Windows Mobile 6.0 phone?

  1. On the mobile phone, from the home screen, click Start, and then click ActiveSync.
  2. Click Menu, and then click Configure Server.
  3. Enter the server address. The server address is m.outlook.com.
  4. Select the This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection check box.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Enter your user name, password, and domain.
  7. Select the Save password check box.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Select the check box next to each kind of information you want to synchronize with the server, and then click Finish.
How do I set up Exchange ActiveSync on a Windows Mobile 5.0 phone?

  1. On the mobile phone, from the home screen, click Start, and then click ActiveSync.
  2. Click Menu, and then click Configure Server.
  3. Enter the server address. The server address is m.outlook.com.
  4. Select the This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection check box.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Enter your user name, password, and domain. The user name should include your name, the at (@) symbol, and your domain name, for example, tony@contoso.com.
  7. Select the Save password check box.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Select the check box next to each kind of information you want to synchronize with the server, and then click Finish.

What else do I need to know?

  • When you configure your Windows Mobile phone to synchronize with your mailbox, an Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy will be applied to your phone. This policy lets you perform a remote device wipe on your mobile phone. 
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