Contact Sync via Exchange

Hi, need help with the following. I've set up Microsoft Exchange to sync my contacts between iPhone and Outlook. Works fine but only for the contacts I created after I set up the Exchange Sync. The contacts (and calender) which were on the iPhone before the setup are not being synchronized. When I got my iPhone I synchronized my Outlook contacts on my private PC via iTunes. Now I need to sync with my Office Outlook but can't do that via iTunes as same is not allowed in the office. Can anyone help please?

No. +"Phone number synchronization is limited to 2 Home numbers, 1 Home Fax, 1 Mobile, 1 Pager, 3 Work (one will be labeled 'Company Main') and one Work Fax number."+
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139635&topic=14252

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