8.1Synchronizing Your Device with the Exchange Server

To keep up-to-date with your company email and meeting schedules while you’re out of the office, you can connect your device to the Internet wirelessly and synchronize this information with your company’s Exchange Server. You can also access your company address book anytime. Your company must have a mail server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server with Exchange ActiveSync.

Setting up an Exchange Server connection

Before you can start to synchronize with or access information from the Exchange Server, you need to set up an Exchange Server connection on your device. You need to get the following information from your network administrator and enter it on your device:

Exchange Server name (must be the Outlook Web Access server name)

Domain name

User name and password that you use at work

If you have not synchronized your device with your PC, follow these steps to set up an Exchange Server connection.

1.Tap Start > Programs > Messaging > Setup E-mail.

2.Enter the E-mail address and Password for the email account and select the Save password option. Tap Next.

3.Clear the Try to get e-mail settings automatically from the Internet option and tap Next.

4.In Your e-mail provider, select Exchange server and tap Next.

5.Tap Next again.

6.Select the Attempt to detect Exchange Server Settings automatically option and tap Next.

7.Enter the Domain name and tap Next.

8.In Server address, enter the Exchange Server address and tap Next.

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