Microsoft has finally announced that starting today Hotmail will support push email, calendar and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS).
Hotmail users will be able to sync their email, calendar, and contacts to their iPhone using Exchange ActiveSync. So any changes made on the iPhone will be reflected on the web interface, and vice versa.
This is great news if you use Hotmail as Dick Craddock from Windows Live blog explains:
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.
You can follow these steps to setup Hotmail using Exchange ActiveSync on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch:
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Launch the Settings App. Under Settings, tap on “Mail, Contacts, Calendar”.
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Then tap on “Add Account”.
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Tap on “Microsoft Exchange” to configure Hotmail ActiveSync.
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Enter your full Hotmail email address in both Email and Username fields. Leave Domain blank. Enter your password. In the Description field, enter a name, e.g Hotmail.
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Then tap on the Next button.
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After the details entered above are successfully verified. You will get another screen where you need to enter m.hotmail.com for the Server name. Then tap on the Next button.
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If the verification is successful, you will see this screen. Select the data (Mail, Contacts, Calendar) to sync and then tap on Save.
That’s it, you’re all set for push email, calendar and contacts for your Hotmail account.
As always, let us know how it goes.
Cool, thanks for the tip.
Indeed, won't show me the contents of the folders. Inbox folder works though.
Solution: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, … > under Accounts choose Exchange > Sync. email: no limit
and set Push email folders and check all folders you want.
easy peasy
Thanks for the simple step by step explanation of how to install. I have been wanting to know how to do this for sometime and issue resolved in 5 mins.
Thanks
2 way sync between ipod and windows live
email both ways perfect
calender both ways perfect
contacts – web to ipod perfect
phone to windows live…..no update.
I can even see ipod updates on calender and email resynching on ipod…for contacts entered in ipod they don’t update even though I can see them in ipod contact list.
Help anyone
Thanks!!! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for…
It works! I have been struggling with this for ages. I followed your article THANK YOU!!
help. I had my hotmail set up already, then deleted it so I could add it again to get my folders, calander, contacts. Now it keeps saying it can’t find the server connection. I used m.hotmail.com. Any suggestions. I’m sure it’s some stupid that I did.
I have every thing set up ok but i can’t send emails from Iphone. I cen read deleted and sync just can’t send,any ideas???
Thank you so much! Worked perfectly. Just got an iPad 2 and it was driving me crazy when I went to work on my laptop and all my deleted emails were still there. Thank you!!
Only just found this.
Fantastic on my iPad 1 and iPhone 4.
Works with both my work and personal accounts.
Worth pointing out that switching off the iPhone and back on again was required.
Will this work if you are using hotmail but your actual email is an msn account?
Finally….
Great info, thanks. It worked perfectly. I wish I had found you sooner.
I’ve done this step by step – I’ve got all of my sent items and trash, but annoyingly, no inbox or folders. Not sure what I’ve done wrong??
I did everthing the way it has been told yet i get the message: PASSWORD INCORECT enter the password for exchange account hotmail.
What to do? I have checked everything over and over again, I have done as it has been instructed but yet no luck.
I did everthing the way it has been told yet i get the message: PASSWORD INCORECT enter the password for exchange account hotmail.
What to do? I have checked everything over and over again, I have done as it has been instructed but yet no luck.
- i also have the same issue but no one seem to have a answer for this
I did everthing the way it has been told yet i get the message: PASSWORD INCORECT enter the password for exchange account hotmail.
What to do? I have checked everything over and over again, I have done as it has been instructed but yet no luck.
- Solution i had found, leave the Domain ‘Blank’ during setup.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
EXCELLENT!!
Wow! Thanks for this. I was also able to set this up to receive just the calendar my husband and I share and not email–awesome!
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it doesnt work on ipod touch it keeps comin up with enter password every two seconds
I have done all these steps and my ipad does a successful verification ass shown on item # 7 above. Yet a windo keeps poping up asking me for my password again. I keep entering the password and it tells me it is incorrect. WTF! I took it to the Apple store and no one could help me there either. I have been all over the forums but cannot find someone that had the same issue. I don;t want to spend $10 for mbox when I can get it for free. Somebody please help!!!!!
FANTASTIC!!!
PERFECT!!!
Thanks!!!
Many thanks for your help.
Very easy to set up and it works Fantastic.
Saved me six pounds on an App.
Thank you…. I am very new to this and it worked great… i really appreciate you being there to help others to understand this technology.
WOW Works great !!! Thanks
Do below settings to see your Hotmail account in iphone
1: Tap On Settings
2: Tap on Mail, Contacts, Calenders,
3: Click on ADD Account
4: Click on Microsoft Exchange
5: Enter your email ID (someone@hotmail.com)
6: Enter user name as email ID (Someone@hotmail.com)
7: Enter Password
8: leave the Domain Name Blank
9: click on NExt Button
Verifying the account screen will show up
10: Enter Server exchange address as m.hotmail.com
11: Click on Next and Save it
Now enjoy your hotmail account in Iphone
nope….still can’t get hotmail on ipad
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first validation failed.
Had to set up m.hotmail.com as server.
after this it works like a charm.
My girlfriend configured her iPod (iOS 3) like that. Now she sends mails with the email-address “her_name@hotmail.com@hotmail.com” as sender, which is of course not a valid email address. Anyone had the same issue?
I think the settings were just wrong, problem solved. Thanks for the site.
Thank u, thank u, thank u. it worked.
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great works perfect – no more deleting messages via PC. They should remove the hotmail account and just leave add exchange. thanks!!
My hotmail is the default mail in my iphone 4s and it was working fine until yesterday. Now it does not download the file where as if i send any mail it goes correctly but does not appear in
SENT ITEM box-why?
Moreover all the files avilable in both INBOX and SENT ITEMs are not appearing in Iphone mail box. Where as until yesterday everything was correct, why this mishap now- I tried all the best but nothing helped me. Can any one suggest me what is to be done….