Exchange Active Sync: Introduction and explaination.

An in depth look at Microsoft’s mobile email solution

Note: This article is being published by the Windows IT Pro Magazine so I can no longer make it available for download. As so as it is published I will provide a link to it. In the mean time I am working on other articles and will get some uploaded as soon as possible.

Well here is the link; the contents page below is slightly out of date but in general it is still the same.

http://www.windowsitpro.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Article/ArticleID/93106/93106.html

Introduction

It is now increasingly clear that having access to email anywhere and anytime is very important for a wide variety of business users. In this article I am going to take an in depth look at Microsoft’s latest offering for mobile email. First I am going to cover a brief history of MS mobile email followed by sections on the features available now, how to implement them and, how to troubleshoot issues that often arise.

History................................................................................................................................1

Where we are now............................................................................................................. 2

Features in depth................................................................................................................ 3

Exchange ActiveSync..................................................................................................... 3

Architecture................................................................................................................... 4

Direct Push.................................................................................................................... 6

How Devices know what the server supports:................................................................ 11

GAL lookup................................................................................................................. 11

Task Sync.................................................................................................................... 12

Security Policies............................................................................................................ 12

Local/Remote wipe:...................................................................................................... 14

Other security features.................................................................................................. 16

Troubleshooting:............................................................................................................... 16

A couple of common errors.......................................................................................... 17

For more info try here:.................................................................................................. 17

Considerations for Deployment on a Single Server............................................................. 17

SSL Requirements and Forms-based authentication....................................................... 17

Exchange ActiveSync Mobile Administration Web Tool.................................................18

Summary.......................................................................................................................... 18

Additional reading............................................................................................................ 18

Bibliography:.................................................................................................................... 19