Outlook.com/Live contacts to Outlook 2013 on PC...

[tinpanalley]

Is there some way to sync my Windows Phone (@live.com) contacts to my desktop Outlook 2013 software?
The only email I use Outlook 2013 with is an address I have with a private bluehost email server and domain name. I guess I was looking for some way to add my phone contacts to Outlook for access to those email addresses on my computer. If it's furthermore possible to keep the main email contacts synced with my phone, then even better but I'm not seeing how at this moment.

 

[quikah]

http://blogs.office.com/2012/11/15/put-the-power-of-outlook-2013-behind-your-outlook-com-email/

If you have 2-factor authentication you need to use an app password.

I am not sure if they stay synced with the phone, but they should.

If you JUST want the contacts:
https://people.live.com/export/outlookclient

This will definitely not stay synced with the phone.

Or if you want a CSV file:
go to people.live.com
Manage > Export for outlook.com and other services

 

[tinpanalley]

If you have 2-factor authentication...

Yeah, the thing is, and I should have explained this better. It's the bluehost that is my email. I don't use outlook or live at ALL for anything other than maintaining my contacts on my phone. So what I want to do is get my phone contacts to sync to my Outlook 2013 where I only use my bluehost email. I thought that maybe if I synced the live account to Outlook as well then maybe they could both share contacts in Outlook and then when I made changes in Outlook to a contact or even added one it would sync to my phone?? Maybe? Is that possible?

 

[quikah]

Does bluehost have any contact management service? If so just import all your phone contacts to them, link your bluehost to your phone and filter the people tile to only show bluehost.

When you link the outlook.com to your outlook you will have a seperate account listed. When you compose an email you have the option of switching accounts it is from. When you open your contacts you will have a dropdown with both accounts listed, just choose the one the contacts are in.

I only use outlook for my corporate email, so I am not super familiar with having multiple accounts with outlook. You might get better response by changing Windowsphone in your title to outlook.com or live.com

 

[tinpanalley]

Does bluehost have any contact management service? If so just import all your phone contacts to them, link your bluehost to your phone and filter the people tile to only show bluehost.

If they did have a contacts management system, I imagine it's not something Windows Phone would likely be able to import like with hotmail, gmail, etc. Even so, I doubt that that would then sync to Outlook on the PC.

You might get better response by changing Windowsphone in your title to outlook.com or live.com

Yeah, good idea. :thumbsup: