Microsoft GZA-00006 User Manual

Office 2008 Technical Reference 

 

 

Sync Services is a central database on the user's computer that keeps track of all the applications 
and devices that share information. Users can use Sync Services to synchronize Entourage calendar 
events, tasks, notes, and address book contacts with other applications, such as the Macintosh 
Address Book, iCal, and MobileMe. 
After users synchronize their Entourage contacts with the Macintosh Address Book and their 
Entourage events and tasks with iCal, users can use iSync, an application that is included with Mac 
OS X, to synchronize all of these items with an iSync-compatible mobile phone or PDA, or use 
iTunes to synchronize them with iPod. 
With a MobileMe account, users can use Sync Services to share Entourage items with others or 
with Entourage on another computer. 

 

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To use Sync Services, users must have Mac OS X version 10.4.3 or later. 

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Only one Entourage identity can use Sync Services at a time. 

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Entourage can synchronize only one calendar and one address book at a time. 

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Fields that exist in other applications but not in Entourage are not synchronized. 

Users can use Sync Services to synchronize the following Entourage items with the following 
applications: 

Entourage item 

Other application 

Events 

iCal and MobileMe  

Tasks 

iCal and MobileMe 

Notes Entourage 

through 

MobileMe 

Contacts 

Macintosh Address Book and MobileMe 

 

When they are using a 

 in Entourage, users' e-mail messages, contacts, 

calendar items, and other Microsoft Exchange folders are synchronized automatically. User 
information is always up to date in Entourage and on the server running Microsoft Exchange 
Server. However, there are other Entourage items that are not automatically synchronized. The 
following sections list Entourage items that synchronize and do not synchronize with the Exchange 
server.