Synchronising data on your device, Synchronising with online accounts, Synchronising with microsoft® exchange activesync – Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet SGP771 User Manual

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Synchronising data on your device

Synchronising with online accounts

Synchronise your device with contacts, email, calendar events and other information

from online accounts, for example, email accounts such as Gmail™ and Exchange

ActiveSync, Facebook™, Flickr™ and Twitter™. You can synchronise data

automatically for such accounts by activating the auto-sync function. Or you can

synchronise each account manually.

To set up an online account for synchronisation

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Tap

Settings > Accounts > Add account, then select the account that you want

to add.

3

Follow the instructions to create an account, or sign in if you already have an

account.

To synchronise manually with an online account

1

From your Home screen, tap >

Settings > Accounts.

2

Under

Accounts, tap the name of the account that you want to synchronise

with. A list of items appears showing what can be synchronised with the

account.

3

Tap the items that you want to synchronise.

To remove an online account

1

From your Home screen, tap >

Settings > Accounts.

2

Under

Accounts tap the name of the account that you want to remove.

3

Tap , then tap

Remove account.

4

Tap

Remove account again to confirm.

Synchronising with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®

If your company uses a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, you can access

your corporate email messages, calendar appointments and contacts directly on your

device. After setup, you can find your information in the

Email, Calendar and

Contacts applications.

To set up an EAS account for synchronisation

1

Make sure that you have your domain and server details available (as provided

by your corporate network administrator).

2

From your Home screen, tap .

3

Tap

Settings > Accounts > Add account > Exchange ActiveSync.

4

Enter your corporate email address and password.

5

Tap

Next. Your device begins to retrieve your account information. If a failure

occurs, enter the domain and server details for your account manually and

then tap

Next.

6

Tap

OK to allow your corporate server to control your device.

7

Select what data you want to sync with your device, such as contacts and

calendar entries.

8

If desired, activate the device administrator to allow your corporate server to

control certain security features on your device. For example, you can allow

your corporate server to set password rules and set storage encryption.

9

When the setup is done, enter a name for the corporate account.

When you change the login password for an EAS account on your computer, you have to log

in again to the EAS account on your device.

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