I have been creating contacts directly on my Hotmail account using Microsoft Exchange Active Sync that syncs only contacts and calendar. I also have outlook.com app that syncs emails but not contacts/calendar. It's very disappointing that most of my contacts are missing. I had created them with photo tags and all details. 

Some of the contacts are still available and let me highlight that these contacts are not saved/available/visible from people.live.com. Not sure, why they are all missing and where do I access them, is there any web link? 

It would be great to get all workarounds that could help me retrieve my 400 odd contacts from the Exchange Sync (possibly with photos).

Many thanks,

Krish