What is the difference between Microsoft ActiveSync and Mobile Gateway Enterprise Edition?
Microsoft ActiveSync only functions with smartphone devices running Windows Mobile, meaning that your staff would need to upgrade their mobile phones to access the service. ActiveSync is a proprietary synchronization protocol originally developed by Microsoft for local PC-based synchronization of calendar, contacts, tasks, and email between Outlook and PDAs or smartphones. ActiveSync was mainly used to transfer data between a PC and PDA, using a local cable or infrared connection. In later versions of Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft has added support for wireless synchronization. However, only a small amount of mobile devices utilize the Windows Mobile operating system, and thus support for ActiveSync is very limited. Mobile Gateway Enterprise Edition uses the open industry standard OMA DS to provide over-the-air synchronization of calendar, contacts, tasks, and email between Microsoft Exchange and any OMA DS-enabled mobile phone. Most devices from leading mobile phone manufacturers have
ActiveSync is a proprietary synchronization protocol originally developed by Microsoft for local PC-based synchronization of calendar, contacts, tasks and Email between Outlook and PDAs or Smartphones. ActiveSync was mainly used to transfer data between a PC and the PDA using a local cable or infrared connection. In later versions of Exchange, Microsoft has added support for ActiveSync supporting wireless synchronization. However, since ActiveSync is a Microsoft proprietary technology, it is mostly supported by PDAs or Smartphones running Windows operating systems. Only a small amount of mobile devices utilize the Windows Mobile operating system and thus support for ActiveSync is very limited. Mobile Gateway Enterprise Edition, uses the open industry standard OMA-DS for providing over-the-air synchronization of calendar, contacts, tasks and Email between Microsoft Exchange and any OMA-DS-enabled mobile phone. Most devices from leading mobile phone manufacturers have built-in support fo
