Does my CiraSync service account need to have a CiraSync license?
CiraSync service account does not need to have a CiraSync license.
How do I terminate my CiraSync partnership?
Please do the following to terminate your CiraSync partnership: Launch your CiraSync EE Tenant Dashboard. Click the account username at the top-right corner of the dashboard. Click SETTINGS. Click Partnerships. Click the...
How can I remove a user from receiving CiraSync license reports?
Do the following procedure to remove a user from receiving CiraSync license reports: Instructions Log in to the CiraSync dashboard. Click the username in the top-right corner of the dashboard. Click Settings. (See figure below.)You will be taken to the CiraSync...
I just created a new Office 365 user in our tenant for an upcoming employee. How soon can I expect the new user to appear for licensing?
The new user should be visible on the CiraSync dashboard immediately after the new account has been created. Your next step should be to add this new Office 365 user to a contact list or a contact collection. From there, you can run a manual sync with Auto-License and...
Can I create and sync Public Folder subfolders?
Yes, you can create subfolders in your Public Folders, and CiraSync can push the subfolders to your users. However, if you sync the root folder, none of the subfolders will sync. Interested in learning more? You can read all about how to create, share, and use public...
How can I use CiraSync to lock users from making changes to our Contacts or override their changes?
Please do the following: Click the username in the top-right corner of the CiraSync dashboard. Click Contact Fields. Scroll to the Contact Field(s) you would like CiraSync to override user changes to. Check Clear. By checking Clear, CiraSync will delete any...
How do employees make changes/updates to the contacts?
All changes should be done in the Contact Source. CiraSync will then read these changes, update user mailboxes, and push these changes to users automatically.
Can I target sync target a specific group of users in a CiraSync sync procedure?
Yes, with CiraSync Enterprise Edition, you can create multiple contact lists. For each contact list, you can define the source where CiraSync will pull the contacts from, and the target users who will receive the synced contacts in their mailbox and smartphones. This...
Can I choose which CiraSync Contact Lists I want to sync instead of all of them at once?
Yes, CiraSync allows users to perform syncs on Sync Configurations individually. Please do the following to learn how: Launch the tenant CiraSync Enterprise Edition dashboad. Click the VIEW button in the Contact Lists pane. Click the vertical ellipsis next to the...
Is there a way to exclude specific contacts if using an Office 365 Distribution Group as the source of the sync?
Yes, you can use CiraSync to exclude specific contacts as the source of a sync when using an Office 365 Distribution list as the source. Please do the following: Create a Contact Collection from an Office 365 Distribution Group. Click the drop-down arrow next...
We have multiple separate domains with separate Microsoft Office 365 tenants. We want to sync our Global Address List across all domains. Can CiraSync do this?
CiraSync does not have this capability. However, CiraSync can be used to sync the GAL between tenants by syncing mailboxes containing the GAL from one tenant into another. For more information, check out How to Sync the GAL between Two...
We have customers who have iPhones and require shared contacts once they move to Microsoft Office 365: can CiraSync support this functionality?
Yes, CiraSync can sync Office 365 contacts to iPhones. Once your customers move to Office 365, CiraSync will sync contacts and calendars from the GAL, Public Folders, and shared mailboxes to Office 365 mailboxes and then propagate the sync to iPhones through the...
I am looking to create a shareable central database of contacts that can also sync to smartphones. Can CiraSync provide what I need?
CiraSync would be perfect for you! With the CiraSync Enterprise Edition central management dashboard, you can create contact lists, organize the lists by department and frequency of use, and allow your users to choose who gets which lists. CiraSync will then pull...
Calendar events are not syncing to my phone. What do I do?
This can happen for several reasons. You do not have a service account that is set to Application Impersonation Mode. Application Impersonation allows CiraSync to impersonate an admin account in order to sync and perform sync tasks. If your contacts and calendar...
Contacts are not syncing to my phone. What do I do?
This can happen for several reasons. You do not have a service account that is set to Application Impersonation Mode. Application Impersonation allows CiraSync to impersonate an admin account in order to sync and perform sync tasks. If your contacts and calendar...
What will happen If I sync a shared calendar to my users, and they have the same event in their own calendar?
Because CiraSync will not touch personal contact and calendar items (i.e. anything added by the user), the event will show up twice. There will be one copy of the event in the synced shared calendar and one in the user’s personal calendar.
How do I receive meeting invitations as iCalendar attachments instead of Outlook Web App links?
To set these meeting invitations, you have to configure your Calendar settings on web view by doing the following: Log in to the Office 365 Portal. Open the Calendar. Click the gear on the top right corner. The settings pane will pull out. Click IPOP and IMAP...
Does Calendar Sync consolidate events from multiple calendars into one for all Outlook users?
Yes, CiraSync can do this. You will have to perform multiple sync tasks. Each sync task needs to have a different source, but the same targets. Once these tasks have been performed, CiraSync will consolidate all these events into one calendar for all the members of...
Is there a way to sync the Category Colors from my Outlook calendar?
CiraSync cannot sync Category Colors. Category Colors is an Outlook function only.
How often do Contacts update? Is there any where to see the Contact sync results?
If your Schedule and Streamer is enabled, Contacts will update multiple times a day. The Streamer will look for updates about every 30–40min and push any updates it found. You can check for the synced results by doing the following: Scroll down on the main...
How often do Calendars update? Is there any where to see the Calendar sync results?
If your Schedule and Streamer is enabled, Calendars will update multiple times a day. The Streamer will look for updates about every 30–40min and push any updates it finds. You can check for the synced results by doing the following: Scroll down on the main...
Creating and Sharing Public Folders with Office 365 | CiraSync
Read the instructions or check out the video to learn how to create and share Public Folders with Office 365: watch this video How to Create and Share Public Folder Contacts Office 365 Instructions Creating a Public Folder Launch the Office 365 Admin Portal. Click...
Syncing Contact Photos with CiraSync Enterprise Edition
This guide shows how to manually sync Office 365 Contact photos on CiraSync and how to enable and disable this feature CiraSync feature. Before You Start Photo sync is a feature only available to CiraSync Enterprise Edition (EE) users. If you are not a CiraSync EE...
