Active Sync

Exchange ActiveSync, that's how. Exchange ActiveSync® gives you the power to be more productive when you're not at your computer. It's more than just e-mail in your pocket, its productivity in the palm of your hand. Exchange ActiveSync gives you advanced functionality to deliver your e-mail as it arrives, directly to your phone. Calendar appointments are made, meeting requests are sent (and accepted) and contacts are added and updated, all from your phone. And don’t worry, you won't need to enter them again, all your information is instantly synchronized with your Exchange Server and Outlook client so you will always have the most up to date information whether you are accessing the information from your computer, mobile phone or the Internet.

E-mail moves in human time. Waiting for a message to arrive can mean the difference between answering the client and sealing the deal or responding too late and missing an opportunity. Exchange ActiveSync technology, built right in to Microsoft’s Exchange Server, allows you to receive e-mail on your mobile device as soon as it's in delivered to your inbox on the Exchange Server so you never miss a message.

HTML e-mail allows you to view e-mail as it was intended to be seen. Pictures, tables, color and emphasis are all part of modern e-mail communication experiences. Exchange Server 2007 delivers your e-mail to your mobile device in its full fidelity. Links take you to web pages, phone numbers can be clicked on to start a phone call and selecting an e-mail addresses starts a new e-mail.

Being mobile means more than just carrying your inbox with you; it means having mobile access to your calendar. Exchange ActiveSync allows you to carry your calendar with you. Respond to a meeting request, schedule a meeting, edit an existing meeting or add a meeting on your device and the information synchronized wirelessly with your server so the same information automatically shows up in Outlook. Mobile access to your calendar means planning meetings on the go is easy and keeping your appointments in sync is a snap.

When you make a new contact, you want the contact information to be instantly available no matter how you are accessing your e-mail. Exchange ActiveSync allows you to enter once, and access anywhere. Enter a contact on your phone and it’s available the next time you’re using Outlook. Add a contact in Outlook and your phone will automatically have that contact in your contacts list. Get a new phone and all your contacts are synced to your device as soon as you enter your username and password.

Exchange ActiveSync lets you search your company’s address book for anyone in it and get the information you need; whether it’s the phone number of a colleague you need to call, the e-mail address of someone you need to send an urgent message to or the office number of someone you have an appointment with; you’ll be able to find the information you need right from your mobile phone.

Mailbox sizes are getting bigger and bigger, but not everything is copied to your mobile phone. Server search allows you to search everything stored in your inbox, every folder, sub-folder, e-mail and even attachments like PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. With server search you don’t have to store everything on your phone because everything that is on the server is available to you with a one quick search.

Use your mobile phone to decide what messages need to be followed up when you’re back on your computer. Using message flagging, you can mark a message with a follow up flag so that when you get back to Outlook, or Outlook Web Access, you can see which messages need your attention. This lets you handle the messages on your phone that you have the answers to at the moment and also allows you to identify which messages you need to go back to once you return to your computer.

Exchange Server allows you to automatically send a reply to people who contact you when you are out of the office. You can let them know who to contact in your absence and when you will be back. With your mobile phone you have the ability to set this out of office message. So if you leave the office without setting an away message, or need to change it as your plans change, you can turn on, off or make the changes to your away message.

Working as a group means sharing files, and just because you’re on the road shouldn’t mean you can’t access those files. With Exchange Server you can take links to documents in your e-mail and access those documents shared on file shares or SharePoint servers. Mobility is about collaboration and being productive; with Exchange ActiveSync, you can access the documents you need while away from your computer.

Some e-mails are meant to be private. Exchange ActiveSync automatically takes several steps to protect your privacy. Exchange ActiveSync allows you to have the messages, and attachments, stored on your phone encrypted. Additionally, Exchange ActiveSync allows you to both digitally sign and digitally encrypt the contents of your e-mail so even if someone got access to the message itself, it would still be protected from prying eyes.

With Exchange ActiveSync a broad range of phones are available to you to access your Exchange information. Windows Mobile devices, as well as devices from partners like Apple, Helio, Nokia, Palm, Sony Ericsson and many others are able to connect to Exchange though Exchange ActiveSync; all without any additional charge beyond your usual mobile data rate.