Enhanced Email
Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2
Mobility
› Enhanced
Email › Exchange 2003 SP2 Features
With Microsoft’s most recent update to Exchange 2003,
called Service Pack 2 or SP2, there are a number of enhancements
and new features which are especially useful for mobile users
with Pocket PCs or Windows Mobile Devices. These features extend
Exchange’s functionality beyond what was previously available,
and provide features that you may find you can no longer live
without.
Although these features are available with most of our
Exchange offerings, there are both minimum device requirements
and in some cases, plan requirements to be able to utilize the
features.
Service Pack 2
Feature |
Windows Mobile
5.0 Required |
Windows Mobile
5.0 with AKU2 Required |
Exchange Plan
Required |
Synchronization
of Tasks |
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Any |
Pictures
in Contacts |
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Any |
Browse
your Global Address List |
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Business
Exchange
Professional |
Direct
Push Email* |
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Any |
For all features, you’ll need a PDA or
Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 5.0, or Windows Mobile 5.0 with
the Adaptation Kit Upgrade 2 (AKU2). AKU2 is a collection of
enhancements, new applications and updates created by Microsoft
to improve the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. AKU2 includes
the Microsoft Security and Feature Pack (MSFP) which includes
the Direct Push Email feature.
If your device has not yet been
upgraded to AKU2, please contact your service provider or hardware
vendor to determine the availability of this upgrade on your
device. It is up to your service provider or hardware vendor
to support the features included in AKU2. Further, an appropriate
Data plan is required in order to take advantage of the Wireless
or Mobile capability of these features.
Synchronization of Tasks
Previously
it was only possible to synchronize your tasks from Exchange
to your PC, and then from your PC to your Mobile Device.
With Windows Mobile 5.0 Devices and our upgraded Exchange
environment, you can now synchronize your tasks directly
from the server to your device! This is very useful when
you’re away from your desk and can’t access
your PC in order to proxy the update.
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Pictures
in Contacts
Previously it was only possible to include
pictures in your contact records only through add-on or
third-party software. This is now available as a standard
feature of your contacts on Windows Mobile 5.0 Devices
and Exchange 2003 SP2. |
Browse
your GAL
For users of our Business Exchange service, you
can now browse your Global Address List over the air directly
from your Windows Mobile 5.0 Device, allowing you to view
contact details for other users in your organization. This
is a useful feature if you’re on the road and forgot
to save your colleagues contact details on your device. |
Direct
Push Email
If you’ve ever used the Always Up-To-Date
feature, you’ll find this feature very similar. However
direct push email provides more reliability and eliminates
the necessity to use SMS as a method of notifying your
device to perform a synchronization. *With this upgrade,
users with Windows Mobile 5.0 devices updated with AKU2
will be able to have any updates on their exchange account
pushed directly to their device as they arrive. And since
it doesn’t rely on SMS, you don’t have to worry
about extra fees from your provider for SMS usage. |
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