Synchronizing data on your device, Synchronizing with online accounts, Synchronizing with microsoft® exchange activesync – Sony Xperia XA1 User Manual

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Synchronizing data on your device

Synchronizing with Online Accounts

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

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

ActiveSync, Facebook™, and Flickr™. You can synchronize data automatically for such

accounts by activating the auto-sync function, or you can synchronize each account

manually.

To Set Up an Online Account for Synchronization

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Tap

Settings > Accounts & sync > Add account, then select the account that you

want to add.

3

Follow the instructions to create or sign in to an account.

To Synchronize Manually With an Online Account

1

From your

Home screen, tap > Settings > Accounts & sync.

2

Tap the name of the account you want to synchronize with. A list of items appears

showing what can be synchronized with the account.

3

Tap the slider next to the item that you want to synchronize.

To Remove an Online Account

1

From your

Home screen, tap > Settings > Accounts & sync.

2

Select the account type, then tap the account you want to remove.

3

Tap , then tap

Remove account.

4

Tap

REMOVE ACCOUNT again to confirm.

Synchronizing 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.

If you have set up a Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® (EAS) account on your Xperia™

device, the EAS security settings may limit the lockscreen type to only a PIN or password. This

occurs when your network administrator specifies a lockscreen type for all EAS accounts for

enterprise security reasons. Contact the network administrator of your company or

organization to check what network security policies are implemented for cellular devices.

To Set Up an EAS Account for Synchronization

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Tap

Settings > Accounts & sync > Add account > Exchange ActiveSync.

3

Enter your corporate email address and password.

4

Tap

NEXT. If a failure occurs, enter the domain and server details for your account

manually and then tap

NEXT.

5

Tap

OK to allow your corporate server to control your device.

6

Select a synchronization method, a synchronization interval and the data that you

want to sync with your device.

7

Tap

NEXT, then select how you want to be notified when a new email arrives.

8

Tap

NEXT, enter a name for the corporate account, then tap FINISH SETUP.

9

If prompted, activate the device administrator to allow your corporate server to set

certain security rules on your device, such as disabling voice recording and using

storage encryption.

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