Sync Outlook 365 (email, contacts, calendar and notes) with android phone

Through a lot of research, trail and error, etc and am at a place were I have 90% of what I want.  There are some things not working as I would like, but I can live with it and will continue to try to improve my set-up.  These are the steps I took to get my Win7 laptop, Outlook.com and Android phone in sync.

1. Create Outlook.com account / outlook email address and make the primary.
2. Add all other email accounts to this as "Send Only" accounts.
3. Forward emails from other accounts to the Outlook.com account.  I forwarded my gmail and a work email account to the Outlook.com account.
4. Download Hotmail connector on PC.
5. Backup the pst file being used in Outlook 2010.
6. Create imap account in Outlook 2010 or older using Hotmail Connector.
7. Copy email folders from pst file to the Hotmail Connector (ost) account.  This may take days to fully upload to the Outlook.com account.
8. Back up the pst file.  This is just in case something goes wrong.
9. Start subscription to Outlook 365 Home.
10. Create EAS account in Outlook 365/2013 with Outlook.com email address.  This account will use an ost file.
11. Open pst file from Outlook 2010 in 2013 to establish that account(s).
12. You should not need Outlook 2010 anymore.
13. Within Outlook 2013, copy contacts from pst account to new ost account.  Use list view so you can shift select everything at once.
14. Move calendar items from pst account to new ost account.  I did not have success coping, so I moved them.  Again, use list view so you can shift select everything at once.
15. Copy or move tasks from pst file to new ost account.
16. Notes cannot be done, however I moved all of them to OneNote.
17. Leave other email accounts in Outlook (gmail, work) but in Send/Receive Groups / Define Send Receive Groups / Edit uncheck "Receive mails items".  (The Outlook.com account will push all mail to the outlook account within Outlook 2013).
18. Download Outlook.com app from app store on Android phone and log into your Outlook account with your outlook.com email address.

No other post I have ever put on a forum has been responded to so I have been searching for almost a year and have since purchased a Galaxy S4 because I was told Apple and Microsoft 365 don't play well together. So, I believe that I am in the correct forum and because I too was having an issue syncing my Outlook with my Android phone felt this was an appropriate post to look for help. That is why I was so upset by your direction. And, if I am in the wrong forum it's because I have to keep looking answers and am extremely frustrating by the lack of assistance. So, thank you for your response which I found the tone to be quite snarky, condescending and borderline nasty.

The reason I, and I'm going to assume many others (as seen from many other posts I've read), are trying to get Outlook.com and Outlook 365 to sync is because when we purchased the product we are led to believe this. Here is the quote from the website that indicates our reason taken from this url http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/what-s-new-in-outlook-2013-HA102606408.aspx:

Connect with Outlook.com without any add-ins

Outlook 2013 includes built-in support for Exchange ActiveSync, which means you don’t need a special connector add-in to connect to Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail). Also, if you use Tasks to plan every detail of your life, now you can sync Outlook.com Tasks with Outlook to put all those plans together.

So, my thinking was that if I can sync my Outlook 365 with Outlook.com I would be able to access everything I need on my phone and computer so they are the same.

If this is not the case perhaps you can direct me to where I can get help instead of providing me with attitude.

No other post I have ever put on a forum has been responded to so I have been searching for almost a year and have since purchased a Galaxy S4 because I was told Apple and Microsoft 365 don't play well together.......................

Connect with Outlook.com without any add-ins

Outlook 2013 includes built-in support for Exchange ActiveSync, which means you don’t need a special connector add-in to connect to Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail). Also, if you use Tasks to plan every detail of your life, now you can sync Outlook.com Tasks with Outlook to put all those plans together.

So, my thinking was that if I can sync my Outlook 365 with Outlook.com I would be able to access everything I need on my phone and computer so they are the same.

If this is not the case perhaps you can direct me to where I can get help instead of providing me with attitude.

#1 - Re: not ever getting a reply - reviewing your history, you posted a message on 8/23/2013 and got a response from <Gary Phantom> on 8/27/2013 to which you never posted a follow-up. Aside from that thread, you posted one other time (1/3/2014) related to syncing with your "cloud" account - to which a response was provided by <John Paul M> on 1/11/2014 so a little confused by your comment "No other post I have ever put on a forum has been responded to......................." which only serves to inaccurately represent the facts to others who may read this post and not take the time to confirm whether or not the statement is in fact correct.

#2 - You now have a Droid phone - see item#2 in my response. Outlook has nothing to do with the sync process with different devices. You question is about sync'ing with an Outlook.com email account - not Outlook - 2 entirely different things. Both of those issues were addressed in my previous response.

#3 - The quotation you included regarding Outlook.com / Outlook and EAS is completely accurate and valid which it most certainly does. Equally, your comment "So, my thinking was that if I can sync my Outlook 365 with Outlook.com I would be able to access everything I need on my phone and computer so they are the same" is also accurate - providing you have the appropriate tools on your devices (Outlook does not run on Droid). At a minimum, if you wish to pursue the question as to how to configure your Outlook.com account on your Droid device in these forums - you should post the question in the appropriate forum for Outlook.com (as was already included in my previous response).

The sync process with your Droid device depends on the sync software in use. I've already provided one option. Whether you choose to pursue that is entirely up to you otherwise youe alternative is to determine what sync software works with your device so the starting point would be with the provider of your device (I don't own a Samsung Galaxy but would be surprised if no Sync software options were not included when you purchased the device)

I feel conned by windows 8.1 and office 365, these are utter rubbish and certainly not fit for purpose.

I purchased a new laptop as my old one running on XP bought in 2006 had died (using office 2003/2007) this used to work very well syncing emails and calendar entries.

I also have another laptop with windows 7 and office 2010 all works well.

Now I come to the worst piece of software I have ever encountered.

I cannot sync my outlook calendar with my android phone, I have tried using a gmail account to forward via, also same with an outlook.com account. All claim that you can open and forward all your email accounts through one account.

I have tried just about every tip I can find on the web, searched for additional apps.

Microsoft must fix this problem as the product is not fit for purpose and I for one  intend going to trading standards as it clearly does not do what it says on the packet and judging by this forum I have plenty of evidence to back my action up

I feel conned by windows 8.1 and office 365, these are utter rubbish and certainly not fit for purpose.

I purchased a new laptop as my old one running on XP bought in 2006 had died (using office 2003/2007) this used to work very well syncing emails and calendar entries.

I also have another laptop with windows 7 and office 2010 all works well.

Now I come to the worst piece of software I have ever encountered.

I cannot sync my outlook calendar with my android phone, I have tried using a gmail account to forward via, also same with an outlook.com account. All claim that you can open and forward all your email accounts through one account.

I have tried just about every tip I can find on the web, searched for additional apps.

Microsoft must fix this problem as the product is not fit for purpose and I for one  intend going to trading standards as it clearly does not do what it says on the packet and judging by this forum I have plenty of evidence to back my action up

Since you have provided no details as to what type of email account is involved or what process you are following on your other systems.............

If you are referring to not being able to sync your Driod phone with Outlook '2013 - the desktop client - then you will need to contact the software vendor that provides the sync software. Outlook (any version) has never provided any capability to sync directly with any device - that is the purview of 3rd party sync software providers.

There are two types of "sync'ing" - the first between the email client (on whatever device, computer, mobile etc) and the email account and second between the email client and any other device or application. Using Outlook '2013 has no impact on the former (device <--> email account) and the second (Outlook<-->device) is not done by Outlook as stated above.

Outlook '2013 syncs mail/contacts/calendar etc with an Outlook.com when configured as an Exchange ActiveSync account (EAS) or when the account is an Exchange account. Only mail is sync'd with an Imap account so not sure what you are referring to about it "not doing what it says on the box".