With the arrival of Windows 10, we now have the possibility to easily sync several tasks between our desktop or laptop computer and our mobile devices (smartphones or tablets). We can perform the sync without needing to import the phone's operating system.
But for that, we need to have some Microsoft-dependent apps on the phone, such as Office and OneDrive, among others.
Sync the Office Suite
For many users, it's a great advantage to start a task in Excel on the office desktop and finish it on the mobile while returning home. With Windows 10, this is possible and only requires a few brief steps.
What we need to do is start all services with the same credentials, and in this way the add-ons will sync automatically with the OneDrive service (Microsoft's storage system).
Here you will need to enter the email address or phone number of the account you want to sync. When you save the file in OneDrive, you can continue editing it from where you left off, from any device. The “Phone companion” is already installed and syncs documents with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone devices. (The Office Suite is not installed on Android and iOS.)
Sync Your Mobile Photos
Since cameras were integrated into phones and tablets, the number of photos taken by users is countless, but many times they are lost due to a lack of backup. But thanks to Windows 10 and OneDrive, there is a perfect sync between your computer and mobile device, so all photos taken by the camera are synced without needing our action.
From the computer, the tool used is “Phone companion”, and on the mobile device we must configure the automatic upload of photos to OneDrive. (You will need to have OneDrive installed and sign in.)
Sync Calendar and Emails
Another advantage is being able to sync our emails arriving in Outlook and the calendar through our desktop or laptop and our smartphone. In this way, any change or news will be synced automatically on both devices.
This is one of the simplest tasks because we only need to connect both services to the same email account (Gmail, Exchange, Outlook, etc.), iCloud, or a POP3 or IMAP account.
On the computer, the work is done by “Phone companion”, and if you don't have a Windows Phone device, you'll need to install Outlook for Android or iOS.
Sync Lists and Tasks
Notes and task lists are one of the most used actions by smartphone users, but because people have multiple devices, we need to have tasks well synced between the computer and the mobile. Microsoft took note of this, and with the OneNote service we have a perfect sync and access to all corners of OneNote.
For this, we only need to start OneNote on both devices with the same credentials (on Android and iOS you'll need to install OneNote). As you can see, this is really simple to do.
If you want all these synchronizations to happen automatically, we recommend that from “Accounts” in Windows 10 you associate your administrator account with an Outlook email account. In this way, all services will be linked to that email, and you only need to do the same on the mobile device. But from NeoTeo we want to warn you that this is not very beneficial for your privacy.
