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Prevent Windows Phone from Syncing Outlook Data to the Cloud
Will soon get a new Win Phone.
Don't want my Outlook data synced to the cloud.
Want only local sync between phone & my PC.
Years back, when Microsoft started to require Sync-to-the-Cloud-by-defau lt for Outlook on PC & Winphone folks realized a workaround.
"If I go to settings->email+accounts and change the server to 127.0.0.1 (local host) contacts etc. aren't synced, and stored on the handset. "
http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/279833-how-stop-automatic-syncing-contacts-calendar-notes.html#post2502489
Is this still true? What I want to do is sync the data in my PC Outlook with ONLY the phone. So that, my Outlook information isn't in the cloud, or passed to the cloud. Move the data from my PC to the phone via a plain old USB cable. Seems like this strategy above says that's possible?
Need an answer from someone who's successfully tried this, or any other workaround that achieves the same thing.
Thanks!!
OT
Don't want my Outlook data synced to the cloud.
Want only local sync between phone & my PC.
Years back, when Microsoft started to require Sync-to-the-Cloud-by-defau
"If I go to settings->email+accounts and change the server to 127.0.0.1 (local host) contacts etc. aren't synced, and stored on the handset. "
http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/279833-how-stop-automatic-syncing-contacts-calendar-notes.html#post2502489
Is this still true? What I want to do is sync the data in my PC Outlook with ONLY the phone. So that, my Outlook information isn't in the cloud, or passed to the cloud. Move the data from my PC to the phone via a plain old USB cable. Seems like this strategy above says that's possible?
Need an answer from someone who's successfully tried this, or any other workaround that achieves the same thing.
Thanks!!
OT
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Interesting question and the comments are likely to be a solution.
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I'm confused. Definitely need my Outlook data on my phone - Contacts, Calendar, Tasks. Seems like, to sync a Windows phone to my Outlook requires a Hotmail / Microsoft account? Doing so then also syncs that info to the Hotmail / Microsoft account in the cloud. Am I right?
Thanks!
OT