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Software from Microsoft that is used to synchronize mail, calendars, contacts and other data between desktop PCs and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. ActiveSync is the synchronization component in the Microsoft Exchange mail system, and it is also used to update programmable home theater remote controls. Introduced in 1996 as H/PC Explorer, it was designed to support Windows CE devices. Renamed Windows CE Services in 1997, it was renamed again to ActiveSync in 1999.
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ActiveSync A component of Microsoft Windows |
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| ActiveSync 4.5 on Windows XP | |
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| Other names | wcescomm.exe |
| Replaced by | Windows Mobile Device Center |
| Initial release | 1.0 / September 10, 1996 |
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| Stable release | 4.5 / February 13, 2007 |
| License | EULA |
| Website | microsoft.com |
ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer (originally known as Handheld PC Explorer), and another technology, commonly known as Exchange ActiveSync (or EAS), which provides push synchronization of contacts, calendars, tasks, and email between ActiveSync-enabled servers and devices.
Exchange ActiveSync is a proprietary protocol and is licensed to a number of mobile device companies, including Apple for iOS, Palm for its webOS devices, and Google for certain Android smartphones. Exchange ActiveSync technology is also used by other messaging and collaborative software servers, including Novell GroupWise and Lotus Domino and FuseMetrix. In the Windows Task Manager, the associated process is called wcescomm.exe.
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Desktop ActiveSync
The desktop ActiveSync program allows a mobile device to be synchronized with either a desktop PC, or a server running Microsoft Exchange Server, Atmail, Axigen Mail Server, Horde, PostPath Email and Collaboration Server, Critical Path Messaging Server, Kerio Connect, Scalix, Zimbra or Z-push. Only Personal information manager (PIM) data (Email/Calendar/Contacts) may be synchronized with the Exchange Server. (Tasks may also be synchronized with Exchange Server on Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.) The PC synchronization option, however, allows PIM synchronization with Microsoft Outlook, along with Internet "favorites", files, and tasks, amongst other data types. ActiveSync doesn't support all features of Outlook. For instance, contacts grouped into subfolders aren't transferred. Only the contacts which are not in a subfolder are synchronized.
ActiveSync also provides for the manual transfer of files to a mobile device, along with limited backup/restore functionality, and the ability to install and uninstall mobile device applications.
Supported mobile devices include PDAs or Smartphones running Windows Mobile, or the Windows CE operating system, along with devices that don't use a Microsoft operating system,[1] such as the iPhone, Palm OS and Symbian platforms. Windows Phone 7 doesn't support desktop ActiveSync synchronization.[2]
Starting with Windows Vista, ActiveSync has been replaced with the Windows Mobile Device Center, which is included as part of the operating system.[3]
Exchange ActiveSync
In addition to the ActiveSync desktop sync software bundled with Windows, Microsoft also uses the ActiveSync name to refer to the push messaging component of Exchange Server called Exchange ActiveSync, which relays messages to mobile devices.[4]
Release history
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| 1.0 | Windows 95 | 1996-09-10 |
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| 1.1.7077 | Windows 95, NT 4 | 1997-03-19 |
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| 2.0 | Fall 1997 |
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| 2.1 | 1998-02 |
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| 2.2 | Windows 95, NT 4, 98 | 1998-09 |
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| 3.0.0.9204 | 1999-08-16 |
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| 3.1.9386 | 1999-11-24 |
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| 3.1.9439 | Windows 95, NT 4, 98, 2000 | ? |
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| 3.1.9587 | 2001-07-31 |
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| 3.5.1176 | Windows 95, NT 4, 98, 2000, XP | 2001-08-06 |
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| 3.5.12007 | 2002-03-01 |
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| 3.6.2148 | Windows 95, NT 4, 98, 2000, XP, 2003, Home Server | 2002-11 |
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| 3.7.3083 | 2003-05-06 |
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| 3.7.1.3244 | 2003-10-10 |
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| 3.7.1.4034 | 2004-03-26 |
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| 3.8.0.5004 | 2005-01-06 |
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| 4.0.4343 | Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Home Server | 2005 |
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| 4.0.4358 | 2005 |
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| 4.1.0.4841 | 2005-11-18 |
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| 4.2.0.4876 | 2006-06-06 |
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| 4.5.5096 | 2007-02-13 |
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See also
- Push email
- Handheld PC
- Handheld PC Explorer
- Palm-size PC
- Pocket PC
- Smartphone
- SyncToy
- Windows Mobile Device Center
- SynCE An Open Source Alternative
References
- ^ Microsoft Exchange Server: Exchange Server 2007 Support for Mobile Devices
- ^ http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/how-to-sync-windows-phone-7-with-outlook
- ^ download.microsoft.com
- ^ "Exchange ActiveSync: Frequently Asked Questions". Microsoft. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288524.aspx.
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