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

I still stand by the 4 Team product "Sync2" Syncs calendars and address book seamlessly. It's $39.95/year vs. $49.95 for Companionlink.

I've used it for 2 years having XP and Win 8. The current version works on win10, although I'm slow to migrate to that.

Wouldn't it just be more honest to say to people who are in good faith researching an issue before making a big purchase (or a big switch) to say "sorry, Outlook calendar won't sync with an Android phone"?

Nothing about being honest or not - it's a fact of people understanding how the sync process works which is:

<Email Clients> (such as Outlook) connect and sync with <Email Accounts> based on the capabilities used by a given protocol which can be summarized as follows for Windows based Outlook (desktop) 

#1 - POP3 - one way uni-directional "download" of the <Inbox> and what happens at the server level depends on the option setting for "Leave Messages on Server" + "for ## days".

#2 - IMAP - bi-directional sync of email folders. 

#3 - Exchange ActiveSync/Excxhange - bi-directional sync of all items

#4 - iCloud (Apple) - requires the Apple Icloud addin

#5 - Gmail - can be configured as either a POP or IMAP account and Google App Sync is required contacts/calendar

#6 - Yahoo - can be configured as either  a POP or Imap account - have no idea what, if anything, exists out there anymore to connect to Yahoo Contacts/Calendar

In a nutshell, if the <Email Client> on any device (and don't care who the provider of the <Email Client> is) connects directly to any account type (i.e. iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo etc) with a full bi-directional sync, it means that extensions have been incorporated into the particular <email client>

In your earlier scenario where you had an iPhone - if you were sync'ing your contacts/calendar, just means you were using an Outlook addin provided by Apple to accomplish that. For your Android phone, what you can and can't do depends on what type email account you connect with.

The main take-away is that "email clients (don't care on the device involved) don't sync with other devices - these <clients> sync with <Email accounts>". If you want to sync Outlook "data" with another device <directly" - you'll need 3rd party software. The top product in the that world is Companionlink.

I think the basic issue is a lack of sympathy for the average user.

A year ago I had an Apple phone. I use (and always have used) Windows on my desktop, and Outlook as my calendar. With that setup I was able to sync my Outlook desktop calendar to my iPhone outlook calendar. Worked like a charm.

Then I switched to an Android phone. Before doing so I did some research. It looked as if I would be able to continue syncing as I had with an iPhone. So I upgraded to Office 365, again in reliance on what Microsoft appeared to be suggesting on its web pages, that syncing was possible.

So I thought that I would still be able to sync. But I was not. I tried the third party programs that were supposed to work, but they were obscure and opaque in their instructions, and never seemed to work even when I could figure out what was being said.

So I'm stuck relying solely on my memory with respect to my calendar when I'm away from my desktop.

I know that software companies aren't obligated to make things easy for their customers--nor are they obligated to respond to what must be a very common situation (Windows users with Android phones). But I don't think it's reasonable to duck the issue by suggesting that the existence of complicated workarounds (if indeed they work), or clunky third party apps, is somehow a response.

Wouldn't it just be more honest to say to people who are in good faith researching an issue before making a big purchase (or a big switch) to say "sorry, Outlook calendar won't sync with an Android phone"?

I've been looking for something that synchronizes the email itself.  

No idea what exactly it is that your "looking for" - just need to configure the email account using the IMAP protocol.

In answer to some of the other previous responses today as a general summary - the world of email works as follows

#1 - An <Email Client> (regardless of device) connects to an <Email Account> using an <Email Protocol>. 

#2 - Not all <Email Clients> support all <Email Protocols> even if supported by the ESP (Email Service Provider)

#3 - The <Email Protocols> available for a given <Email Account> depends on the ESP (Email Service Provider)

****(have already provided a link to a description of the different standard protocols in a previous post so pointless to repeat it again)

There are two fundamental "industry standard" email protocols which apply to any and all <email clients>.

a) POP3 --> one way download of the <Inbox> folder only with the option to "leave messages on server" for "xx" number of days in the event that multiple devices are connecting to the same email account using POP 3

b) IMAP --> bi-directional sync of email folders (depends on whether or not the ESP supports the protocol which virtually all do these days. IMAP does not support contacts/calendar etc 

Secondary protocols

c) Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) --> bi-directional sync of all items including contacts/calendar etc) used primarily for connecting to Outlook.com or Exchange based accounts and supported on virtually all mobile devices

d) Exchange --> bi-directional sync of all items for email accounts on Exchange based servers (or a subset in the case of Outlook.com accounts migrated to/created on the Office 365 platform)

e) iCloud --> proprietary to Apple. Bi-directional support of all items but requires the iCloud addon for Outlook (PC desktop client) which is provided & supported by Apple for free

f) GMail --> requires the "paid" proprietary Google App Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GASMO) - sold/provided/supported by Google - for sync'ing contacts/calendar in Outlook (PC desktop client). Otherwise, POP and IMAP protocols are supported "out of the box". Google decided to remove support for Exchange ActiveSync in favor of requiring users to use their "pad for" GASMO addin. If full Gmail support is available in any email client, just means that the vendor of the email client has opted to build it into their email client product which in turns places the onus of support on the vendor of the email client - not Google - any time there may be any kind of change to the underlying protocol. POP and IMAP are industry standard protocols that have been around since the dawn of time.

Other quasi-major email service providers (quasi-major providers = relative to the current universe of email users)

g) Yahoo --> POP3 and IMAP protocols supported. Yahoo dropped support and availability of their addin for Outlook (PC desktop client) years ago without providing any alternative. In essence, leaving the solution to the vendors (not just Microsoft) of email clients to deal with. Period!!

h) AOL and any other email provider that someone may care to mention - there is no universal protocol that magically syncs contact/calendar data for any outlier email service providers.

In short, people can take the steps to learn how the world of email works or continue on with a pointless discussion about how Microsoft is out to "control the universe". For those who think an iPad is the panacea - great but reality is you will still (and always) work in the same email universe where 

#1 - An <Email Client> (regardless of device) connects to an <Email Account> using an <Email Protocol>. 

#2 - Not all <Email Clients> support all <Email Protocols> even if supported by the ESP (Email Service Provider)

#3 - The <Email Protocols> available for a given <Email Account> depends on the ESP (Email Service Provider)

*** the above doesn't change just because you opt to use a different hardware vendor or type of device used

I've been looking for something that synchronizes the email itself.  I'll let you know how it works on a Windows 10 phone.