Calandar sync - Outlook exchange to iPhone not via iTunes

[AstonZagato]

I have an iPhone. My work calendar is on Outlook exchange.

I sync my iPhone with my personal laptop that doesn't have a work calendar on it.

I want to find a way of getting my work calendar onto my iphone.

For a while, I had a solution via Google calendar but my multiple timezone calendar in Outlook foxed that program and I have never managed to get it to work again.

Any suggestions?

[AB]

Just set up your work exchange on your iPhone?

If you don't want mail or tasks etc then just select calendar?

[neilus]

Assuming the necessary components of Exchange are enabled ( Exchange ActiveSync ?), you can add an Exchange Mail Account to your iPhone and then choose which folders to synchronise (email, contacts, calendar)

[AstonZagato]

The office will not turn on the Exchange Sync.

Also, ideally, I'd like to be able to see the calendar on my personal MacBook

Edited by AstonZagato on Tuesday 3rd June 13:37

[ZesPak]

AstonZagato said:

The office will not turn on the Exchange Sync.

Also, ideally, I'd like to be able to see the calendar on my personal MacBook

Edited by AstonZagato on Tuesday 3rd June 13:37

If it's only one calendar, look for "google calendar sync". It's discontinued but I use it and it works great, loads your primary outlook calendar in your primary google calendar. Not many options but does what it has to do, works great.

[MaximumJed]

I have the same requirements as the OP. I used Google Calendar Sync to upload a single calendar to a gmail account and then read that on other devices.

We just got upgraded to Office 2013 and Google Calendar Sync stopped working, so I have switched to gSyncit 3 which is doing a brilliant job so far. A lot more customisable, can sync more than just the calendar and can target platforms other than Google if you want it to.

I am pleased enough to have paid the $20 fee and now sync some extra calendars too.

[AstonZagato]

gSyncit looks just the ticket. I will give the trial version a whirl.

[Randomthoughts]

Have you considered the reason why your IT won't enable it, and all you're doing is opening yourself up to, at best, a misconduct hearing and at worst a gross misconduct dismissal?

[AB]

Randomthoughts said:

Have you considered the reason why your IT won't enable it, and all you're doing is opening yourself up to, at best, a misconduct hearing and at worst a gross misconduct dismissal?

Really?! Apt username.

[Randomthoughts]

AB said:

Really?! Apt username.

How is it random? I saw someone spend a week, despite warnings from IT that they shouldn't be doing it, trying to get their mail on their phone. They didn't succeed, but in trying they set up an auto-forward to their personal email address so that they got a similar effect.

They were marched off site and invited to come back the once, for their meeting.

There are likely to be compliance reasons that your employer has disabled EAS, as it's a no-cost feature for on-premise deployments. It's also an active decision to turn it off.

I would think you'd need to be foolish to forcibly try and bypass IT security restrictions.

[Jon1967x]

Don't abuse IT security - depends on your employer and motivation for not enabling things and policy etc but if you get it wrong it's like leaving the front door wide open.

Assuming you are allowed, you can get an iCloud plug in for outlook that syncs contacts and I presume everything else with apple devices.

[marceljanssen]

ZesPak said:

If it's only one calendar, look for "google calendar sync". It's discontinued but I use it and it works great, loads your primary outlook calendar in your primary google calendar. Not many options but does what it has to do, works great.

Its not just discontinued, they totally stopped this service for free use last August.
So now we are all left to find alternatives.

Regarding the sync process with different calendars, you could do it the way I did maybe.
I sync my Outlook on desktop and my iPhone as well as my Android workphone together.
Just used a little Outlook plugin that allows me to connect these and sync all 3 together.

EVO Collaborator for Outlook. Not free,but quit cheap and its been doing its job for 6 months without fail.
Can't be bothered trying out crappy freewares that end up not working so.

Here is a little tutorial on it incase you'd wanna try it out

http://jeffconstatine.tumblr.com/post/85640847922/...

[ZesPak]

I use something called "gsyncit" now, loads of options, works great.

http://www.fieldstonsoftware.com/software/gsyncit3...

[AstonZagato]

I have been using gsyncit too. It works.

Far more options than I'd ever need.