ActiveSync Product Reference Guide
The following table shows improvements to Microsoft ActiveSync.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| ActiveSync Setup
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides MSI-based setup for installing ActiveSync on a desktop computer. |
| ActiveSync Interaction
(Pocket PC and Smartphone |
Provides the ability, from the Windows Mobile–based device, to programatically start and stop the ActiveSync process. |
| Synchronization with Multiple Data Sources
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides the capability to synchronize Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks with multiple data sources, and replicate data across data sources. |
| Server ActiveSync Stability and Server Sync Logging
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Increases the reliability of Server ActiveSync synchronization by providing enhanced retry logic. Provides logging to diagnose the cause of unsuccessful synchronization, for example to identify low wireless network coverage or intermittent coverage. |
| Server ActiveSync Data Compression
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Reduces the size of data and the amount of time required to send information from a Microsoft Exchange server to a Windows Mobile–based device. |
| ActiveSync Over Bluetooth
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides an end user with the ability to start ActiveSync from a Windows Mobile-based device when the device is within Bluetooth range of the desktop computer with which it is partnered, if the desktop computer is on. |
| Server ActiveSync Tasks
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides an end user with the ability to use Server ActiveSync to synchronize Tasks with a server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2. |
| Offline Favorites Synchronization Removed from ActiveSync 4.0
(Pocket PC) |
Removes the ability of an end user to synchronize Offline favorites from a desktop computer with a Windows Mobile–based device. This allows ROM resources that would have been used for Offline favorites synchronization to be used for other OS functions. |
| RAPI
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides improvements in flexibility, security, and design when using Remote API (RAPI) in development. |
| Synchronized Pictures in Contacts
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides the ability to synchronize pictures in Outlook 2003 Contacts between a Windows Mobile–based device and a desktop computer running ActiveSync 4.0, or between a device and a server that is running Exchange Server 2003 SP2. |
| Desktop ActiveSync User Interface
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides more status information and error reporting. |
| ActiveSync Security
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides improved security for communications and applications through an HTTP listener, encryption, and authentication for RAPI communications. |
| Desktop Synchronization for Calendar, Contacts, Inbox and Tasks Migrated to AirSync
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Reduces data loss and data duplication during synchronization of Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, and Tasks between a Windows Mobile–based device and a desktop computer. |
| Synchronize with Computers with and without Proxy Settings
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides an end user with the capability to synchronize a Windows Mobile-based device with a desktop computer that is configured with proxy settings, and then synchronize with another desktop computer that is not configured with proxy settings.
This capability is significant because computers in the workplace typically use proxy settings and home computers typically do not. |
| ActiveSync User Interface on a Device
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Simplifies the end-user experience of using ActiveSync on a Windows Mobile–based device. Eliminates the simultaneous opening of multiple dialog boxes in ActiveSync on the device. |
| ActiveSync User Interface on a Desktop Computer
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides visual and usability improvements to the ActiveSync user interface on a desktop computer. |
| Additional Contact Properties in Pocket Contacts
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides additional Contact properties SMS, MMS, and GUID. The SMS, MMS, and GUID properties are device-specific and can be synchronized with a desktop computer running ActiveSync 4.0 or a server running Exchange Server 2003 SP2. |
| Developer APIs for IsCradling via Statutory Database and COM Interface for Synchronization Start and Stop
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides APIs through which a third-party application on a Windows Mobile–based device can detect if the device is cradled. Provides a COM interface through which a third-party application can start and stop synchronization. |
| Device Unified Installer and .Cab File Format
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides the capability for ActiveSync 4.0 on a desktop computer to partner with Application Manager to transfer .cab files to a Windows Mobile–based device and to install applications on the device by using the CAB installer. |
| Remote Desktop Sync Removed from ActiveSync 4.0
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Removes the ability of a LAN or Wi-Fi user to remotely synchronize personal information manager (PIM) information or e-mail with a desktop computer on the network. |
| Media Sync Support and Integration with Windows Media Player 10
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Provides an end user with the capability to set up automatic synchronization with a storage card. On subsequent synchronizations, ActiveSync launches Windows Media Player 10 synchronization. |
| RAPI Restricted Mode
(Pocket PC and Smartphone) |
Enables an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or mobile operator who creates an application-locked device to improve security by enabling RAPI Restricted mode. |
See Also
Product Reference Guide for Windows Mobile Version 5.0
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