Sync Windows Live Hotmail with ACT!

Sync ACT! contacts, calendar activities, contact notes and histories, to-dos and opportunities with Windows Live Hotmail

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With CompanionLink Pro, you can sync more devices, more ACT! fields, and do real-time sync between ACT! and Outlook.
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Sync with Sage ACT!Sync with Windows Live
Product Features Express Pro
Device Profiles 2 5
Realtime sync between ACT!, Outlook, and Lotus Notes -
Sync multiple folders/databases to the same device -
Sync ACT! Secondary Contacts -
Advanced activity mapping for ACT! - sync activities by type to the calendar or task list -

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Why choose CompanionLink for ACT! synchronization?

How It Works

Sync ACT! contacts, calendar activities, contact notes and histories with your Windows Live Hotmail account. CompanionLink installs on the PC and syncs ACT! data to your Windows Live Hotmail account. Two-way sync is fully supported so you can make changes to data anywhere.

ACT! Data We Sync

  • Contacts
    • Syncs all common contact fields, including (but not limited to):
      • Name
      • Addresses
      • Phone numbers
      • Email addresses
      • Birthdays
      • Contact photos
    • Contact notes and histories sync to the contact notes field in Google
    • Categories via ID/Status (for devices that support the category field)
    • Secondary contacts (Requires CompanionLink Pro )
  • Calendar
    • Calendar Activities - meetings, calls, events, personal activities, vacations, and custom activity types
    • Ring Alarms
    • Recurring and all-day events
    • Contact links to calendar activities
    • Assign appointment types and complete activities from the phone or Google account
  • To-dos (sync to Google Calendar as untimed events)
    • NOTE: CompanionLink provides the option to sync ACT! to-dos with Google Tasks or Google Calendar. More info
    • Priorities
    • Due dates

What You Need

  • CompanionLink Express or CompanionLink Pro on your PC.
  • Sage ACT!.
  • A Windows Live/Hotmail account.

Supported versions of ACT!

  • ACT! versions 3.0 - 6.0
  • ACT! by Sage versions 2005 and higher, including:
    • ACT! by Sage Standard
    • ACT! by Sage Premium
    • ACT! by Sage Real Estate
    • ACT! by Sage Financial
  • Sage ACT! 2011-2012
    • Sage ACT! Premium
    • Sage ACT! Pro

Getting Started

  1. Install CompanionLink on your PC and configure it with your Windows Live Hotmail username and password.
  2. Select which data types you wish to sync - contacts, calendar activities, contact notes and histories.
  3. Once configured, hit "Synchronize" and your data will sync between Windows Live and your PC. You can view your data from any web browser by logging in to your Windows Live Hotmail account.

Screenshots

The CompanionLink home screen makes it easy to see an overview of your sync configuration.

Select the applications you wish to sync - CompanionLink gives you full control over your data.

Select different folders to sync with for each data type - CompanionLink works with your data structure.

CompanionLink Professional
$129.95

CompanionLink Professional gives you advanced configuration options for working with multiple mobile devices and CRM databases.

We recommend Pro if you want to:

  • Sync multiple PC databases
  • Sync multiple devices
  • Advanced sync options for ACT!
  • Realtime sync between two PC databases

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CompanionLink syncs ACT! contact notes and histories

Contact note items will appear on the handheld device prefaced by the text "(Note)".

Contact histories will appear prefaced by the text "(History)".

To enter a history item on the handheld device, create a contact note prefaced by text in the following format: "m/d/yyyy (History)".

Example:

1/18/2011 (Note) Meeting was held on merger of two...

Any text entered into the contact note that is not formatted as a history item will sync to ACT! as a contact note.

By default, CompanionLink only syncs contact notes from ACT!. You can enable synchronization of ACT! contact histories in CompanionLink, under Advanced Settings -> Note Options.

Why choose CompanionLink for ACT! synchronization?

  • Sync more than 2500 records to mobile devices.
  • Advanced functionality. Sync notes, histories, and opportunities. Link calendar activities to contacts. Option to map activities to your device's calendar or task list. Much more...
  • We don't host your data in the cloud for security reasons. We believe you own your data.
  • Sync with older versions of ACT! (as far back as ACT! 3.0).
  • DejaOffice (for Android and iOS) is a free and robust solution that replicates the ACT! experience on mobile devices.