How to Sync Active Directory Contacts to Android Devices? (3 Methods)
If you have Android users in your organization, you have probably felt this already. Contacts live in Active Directory, but they never quite reach people’s phones. Users save numbers manually. Contacts go out of date. IT keeps fixing the same issue. Trying to sync...
Outlook Calendar not syncing: Fix for iPhone, Android, and Google Calendar
When your Outlook calendar not syncing problem hits, it’s never just annoying. You miss meetings, double-book yourself, and then you start wondering which calendar is even real. The tricky part is that sync can break in a few different places: Outlook itself, your...
Gal sync for government and public agencies: pain points + solution
Government and public agencies deal with constant staff movement, shared responsibilities, and strict communication requirements. Yet contact management often relies on outdated processes that create confusion and risk. Numbers change, roles shift, and devices stay...
Gal sync for construction companies: automatic solution
Construction teams move fast, and contact management rarely keeps up. Phone numbers live in texts, emails, spreadsheets, or someone’s personal phone, and no one is fully sure what’s current. That might sound minor until a call goes unanswered or the wrong person gets...
CiraSync vs third-party sync tools: which is best for your organization?
Contact and calendar sync rarely gets attention until it starts causing problems. That’s why comparisons like CiraSync vs. third-party sync tools matter to IT teams. On paper, many tools promise the same outcome. In practice, the differences show up in control,...
GAL sync for nonprofits: Improving communication and data accuracy
If you work in a nonprofit, contact chaos probably feels familiar. People join and leave often, roles shift, and phones rarely match the directory. This article breaks down why GAL sync becomes painful for nonprofits, how it actually works in a nonprofit environment,...
CiraSync for education: Streamlining shared calendars for schools
In schools, calendars run everything. Classes, meetings, events, and coverage all depend on them. Yet shared calendars often break down, especially on mobile devices. Updates get missed, schedules drift, and admins step in to fix it. This is where CiraSync helps...
GAL Sync for Healthcare: Solving Common Challenges
In healthcare, communication breaks faster than most teams expect. A missing contact, an outdated role, or the wrong number can slow care and create risk. The Global Address List sits at the center of this. When it isn’t synced properly, small issues turn into daily...
Mobile Direct: Sync contacts directly to iOS devices using CardDAV and Intune
Mobile Direct enables IT administrators to push contacts directly to iOS devices using the CardDAV protocol and Microsoft Intune, without requiring any third-party phone apps. This approach ensures managed contacts and compliance with MDM policies. ...
CiraSync vs. Manual Outlook Sync: Comparison
Keeping Outlook contacts and calendars synced across every smartphone in a company sounds simple, but anyone who has tried it knows it isn’t. Outlook wasn’t built to push the Global Address List or shared calendars to mobile devices, so teams end up relying on Manual...
How Secure Is CiraSync? Data Protection and Compliance Explained
IT teams often want to know how CiraSync handles Microsoft 365 data, especially when it’s syncing contacts and calendars to mobile users. This guide breaks down what CiraSync accesses, how it stays secure inside the Microsoft Cloud, and the compliance standards it...
8 Best Practices for Contact Sync in Construction Companies
8 Best Practices for Contact Sync in Construction Companies! Construction projects move fast, and communication usually breaks the moment contact lists fall out of date. Crews switch sites, subcontractors change numbers, and suddenly no one knows who to call. ...
CiraSync FAQ: All Your Questions Answered
If you’ve ever tried managing contacts or shared calendars across dozens or even thousands of employee phones, you already know how messy it gets. Outlook stays clean. Smartphones never do. That’s the gap CiraSync fills. This CiraSync FAQ pulls together the most...
How to Sync Microsoft 365 Shared Calendars with CiraSync
Shared calendars only work when everyone sees the same updates. But Microsoft 365 does not always push those changes to mobile devices. That creates confusion and missed events. CiraSync fixes this by syncing shared calendars directly to every phone. You choose a...
What is CiraSync? Complete Tutorial for New Users
If your team uses Microsoft 365, you’ve probably dealt with the little annoyances that pile up over time. Outdated contacts on phones. Missed appointments because a shared calendar didn’t update. Caller ID showing random numbers you don’t recognize. CiraSync solves...
The 8 Best Field Service Management Software We Recommend in 2026
Field service teams face growing pressure to work faster, smarter, and more efficiently as customer expectations climb. In fact, 67% of customers want faster response times, and 80 % of service firms say their customers expect more today than 18 months ago. That makes...
The 8 Best MSP Software We Recommend to IT Teams
MSP leaders say their engineers spend around 39% of the week on repetitive, manual tasks, and 88% admit those tasks regularly get in the way of more strategic work. On top of that, the same LogicMonitor research found MSPs juggle about 10 different tools just to...
10 Best Construction Project Management Software in 2026
Managing a construction project is chaos, unless you’ve got the right tools. Between job site delays, subcontractors changing numbers, outdated plans, and too many apps that don’t talk to each other, things can fall apart fast. And it’s not just frustrating; it costs...
CiraSync Product Updates – What’s New!
We’re excited to share the latest updates across both CiraSync and CiraHub—designed to give IT admins greater flexibility, tighter control, and more options when it comes to syncing contacts and calendars across platforms. Whether you’re managing guest users,...
CiraSync Contact Sync Best Practices & Management Guide
Whether you’re syncing contacts to smartphones, Global Address Lists, or CRMs, following these best practices will help you maximize the value of CiraSync—ensuring reliable synchronization and a smoother experience with CiraSync. Best Practices Before You Sync...
CiraSync Product Update – What’s New This Quarter
Table of Contents Toggle 1. Health Status in Notifications panel2. New Sync Tunnel Data Filter3. Hide Billing Controls option 4. Option to Remove Synced Data When Removing Sync Tunnel5. Basic Access Management for CCC admin (Settings | Impersonation)6. Dashboard...
How to Hide Users from the Global Address List? 4 Proven Methods
When I first started managing Exchange environments, I remember the confusion on my colleagues’ faces when some email addresses “disappeared” from the company directory. As an administrator, I was asked to explain why some accounts were visible while others were...
Global Address List Not Updating? (5 Proven Solutions) — CiraSync
There’s no reason to panic if your Global Address List is not updating. This is because there are many tried and tested solutions to this problem that anyone with a keyboard and a mouse can use. Let’s take a look! Solution 1: Force an Offline Address Book (OAB) Update...
Signing Up for CiraHub Without a Global Admin Role? Here’s What to Know
⭐ If a user sees an “Approval required” message during the CiraHub sign-up process, it usually means their organization has restricted users from granting consent to third-party applications. This is a common security setting in Microsoft Azure...
CiraSync Product Update: What’s New and Improved
Table of Contents Toggle 1. New Side Menu for the CiraSync Dashboard2. Notes Suffix Support3. Option to Sync Attachments for Calendar Tunnels4. SMS Chat Integration5. Custom Field Settings6. Administrative Updates CiraSync is continuously evolving to provide users...
What is Microsoft Outlook: Features, Pricing, Gmail, Tips, Etc!
Microsoft Outlook: Features, Pricing & Tips | CiraSync Every day, approximately 400 million people use Outlook to send and receive emails and manage calendar events. So, chances are you are reading this article to know if it’s the right tool for you before...
Vegvisir Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Cira Apps, Accelerating Growth in Enterprise Contact and Calendar Syncing Solutions
AUSTIN, TX – January 1, 2025 – Vegvisir Capital Partners (“Vegvisir”), a private equity firm specializing in B2B technology investments, announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Cira Apps Limited. (“Cira Apps”), a leading...
Why Microsoft Teams Falls Short as a CiraSync Alternative
Microsoft Teams has become the go-to tool for workplace communication. It’s the app we use daily to chat with colleagues, join meetings, and make important calls. But here’s the big question: Is Microsoft Teams enough to manage all your contact needs? For users that...
How to Sync and Merge Outlook Contacts | CiraSync
CiraSync is possibly the only contact synchronization service for Office 365 that lets you sync and merge contacts from several different source locations. You can sync contacts from the Global Address List, Public Folders, and shared mailboxes, all combined together...
6 Methods to Sync the Global Address List to Android Devices? (2025)
I wrote this article because many people (and I) are searching for the best way to sync the global address list to Android devices. In fact, I spent six days reading many articles online and Reddit conversations to find the easiest solution. I then spent two weeks...
Simplify Contact Management with CiraSync’s Purge and Cleanup Features
What Makes Contact Purge and Cleanup Important? CiraSync’s purge and cleanup tool helps organizations manage their contact data more effectively. A purge allows users to remove outdated or unnecessary information from their contact lists, keeping all of their data...
How to Sync the Global Address List to iPhone? (7 Methods) — CiraSync
IT department? Four things often happen when you sync the Global Address List to iPhone: You follow the steps, but the contacts never show up. They appear, but users complain about duplicates. You delete contacts from the GAL, but the same contacts still appear on the...
How to Sync Law Firm Contacts to Smartphones? (2024) — CiraSync
Law is a very sensitive practice – that’s simply the nature of the business. Confidentiality and security are paramount; failing to check just one of those boxes can see you closing down your law firm. Clients can often be short-tempered and difficult to communicate...
How to Create Contacts in Outlook? [View, Edit & Sync]
Over 400 million people worldwide use Outlook to manage emails, calendars, and contacts, which makes it the second most popular email provider (behind Gmail). Chances are you use Outlook to manage your company’s activities and communication. However, one of the best...
What is the Offline Global Address List (OAB)? [2025 Beginners Guide]
I was surprised when Piaff, our content manager, asked me to write a blog post about the offline global address list. I knew what the offline GAL was because I had heard the term but never used it. After all, we (and our customers) don’t see its need because we use...
10 Best Global Address List Sync Tools in 2025
According to a Gartner survey, companies estimate that bad data costs them nearly $12.9 million annually. What does this information tell us? Correct data, such as employee or customer contact information, can save your organization money and generate more revenue....
How to Export the Offline Global Address List? [2 Methods] — CiraSync
Did you know that Outlook users can access their Global Address List (GAL) contacts even when they’re offline? It’s only possible if they export the Offline Global Address List. In this guide, I will show two methods to achieve this result. I will also explain...
How to Sync Construction Contacts to Smartphones? (2024 Guide)
Stats from the Associated General Contractors of America (ADC) indicate more than 919,000 construction establishments in the U.S. in the 1st quarter of 2023. Moreover, The US construction industry employs 8.0 million people, including laborers, engineers, managers,...
