- Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync clients
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Comparison table of Exchange ActiveSync clients14 Company Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Apple Nokia Nokia Google Google Google Notify Corp. Palm MailSite Software Inc. Product Windows Mobile[1] Windows Mobile[2] Windows Phone[3] Windows Phone[4] iPhone/iPod (iOS)[5] Mail for Exchange(Symbian)[6] Mail for Exchange(Maemo 5) Android Android Android NotifySync [7] WebOS (Pre/Pixi)[8] AstraSync [9] Version 6.1 6.5 7.0 7.5
Mango5.0 3.0.50 PR 1.2 2.2, 2.3[10] 3.0, 3.1
Honeycomb4.0
Ice Cream
Sandwich4.9.1 1.4.5 4.1 Exchange ActiveSync 2.5 - Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Features: Direct Push Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Email sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Calendar sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes9 Yes Contacts sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tasks Sync Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Remote wipe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes11 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sync multiple folders Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GAL lookup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes8 Yes SSL encrypted transmission Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Exchange ActiveSync 12.0 - Exchange Server 2007 Features: User started remote wipe (server side) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes11 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Link Access Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No HTML email Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Server Search Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No Set Out of Facility/Office (OOF) Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No Follow-up flags Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes15 Yes15 Yes15 Yes Yes Yes Meeting attendee information Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes PIN reset Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No AutoDiscover Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Bandwidth reduction Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes19 Yes No Policies: Allow attachment download (client side) Yes Yes No No Yes No17 No No No Yes Yes No Maximum attachment size Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No Enable password recovery Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No Allow simple password Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Password expiration (days) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Enforce password history Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Encrypt storage card Yes Yes No No N/A No No No No No No No No Exchange ActiveSync 12.1 - Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Features: Cancel remote wipe (server side) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Remote wipe confirmation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Default mobile policy (server side) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Bandwidth reductions (compressed/removed headers) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No S/MIME13 Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Policies: Disable desktop ActiveSync Yes Yes Yes18 Yes18 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Disable removable storage Yes Yes Yes18 Yes18 N/A N/A N/A No No No No N/A No Disable camera Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Disable SMS text messaging Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Disable Wi-Fi Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Disable Bluetooth Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Disable IrDA Yes Yes Yes18 Yes18 N/A No No No No No No N/A No Allow internet sharing from device Yes Yes Yes18 Yes18 No No No No No No No No No Allow desktop sharing from device Yes Yes Yes18 Yes18 No No No No No No No No No Disable POP3/IMAP4 email Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Allow consumer email Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Allow browser Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No Allow unsigned applications Yes Yes No No N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Allow unsigned CABs Yes Yes No No N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Application allow list Yes Yes No No N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Application block list Yes Yes No No N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Require signed S/MIME messages Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Require encrypted S/MIME messages Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Require signed S/MIME algorithm Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Require encrypted S/MIME algorithm Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Allow S/MIME encrypted algorithm negotiation Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Allow S/MIME SoftCerts Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Allow device encryption Yes Yes No No Yes16 No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Require device encryption Yes Yes No No Yes16 No No No Yes Yes ? No No Minimum number of complex characters Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Configure message formats (HTML or plain text) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Include past email items (Days) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Email body truncation size (KB) Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes HTML email body truncation size (KB) Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Include past calendar items (Days) Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Require manual sync while roaming Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Exchange ActiveSync 14.0 - Exchange Server 2010 Features: Conversation View Yes1 Yes No Yes No12 No No No No No No No No Move always Yes1 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Reply state Yes1 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No UM card (client side only) Yes1 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Free/Busy lookup Yes1 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Nickname cache Yes1 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No SMS sync Yes1 Yes1 No No No No No Yes20 Yes20 No No No No Downloadable client Yes1 Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes 3 Notes sync No No No No No No No No No No No No No Policies: Allow mobile OTA update Yes1 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Mobile OTA update mode Yes1 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Exchange ActiveSync 14.1 - Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Features: Conversation segments Yes1 Yes1 No Yes No No No No No No No No No GAL Photos Yes1 Yes1 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No IRM support Yes1 Yes1 No Yes No No No No No No No No No Block/Allow/Quarantine List (device info) Yes Yes No Yes No10 No10 No No10 No10 Yes No10 No10 No10 Allow attachment download (server side) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Policies: Allow IRM over EAS Yes1 Yes1 No Yes No No No No No No No No No Exchange ActiveSync 14.2 - Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Features: Policies: Notes:
1 Requires free Outlook Mobile update
2 Only finds email address, phone numbers, title and company
3 3rd party downloadable client available for purchase for RIM BlackBerry devices
4 Because this is an application, a remote wipe wipes all data in the application but not the entire device
5 S/MIME performance depends on how S/MIME is used[11]
6 Encryption is for the applications memory and not the entire device
7 Policy is available but is client-side only and thus does not respond to server-side policy settings
8 Phone number and email address only
9 can only create personal calendar entry, no meeting requests
10 Info is derived from other info sent from the device as opposed to sent in the protocol
11 E series devices do a full wipe while N series devices only do a wipe of the Exchange data
12 Some devices have a conversation view which is simply grouped by subject and is not the EAS based conversation view feature
13 S/MIME was not included in EAS 12.0 so it was added back at this point (it had been in EAS 2.5)
14 Information in this chart is additive. This means that information that is listed for a later version of Exchange ActiveSync does not list the features of the previous version but the product does include them. Compatibility in an earlier version indicates compatibility in the later version unless otherwise noted.
15 Follow-up flags are implemented as "stars" on the device.
16 Device encryption is only supported on iPhone 3GS hardware and later. These devices are encrypted by default, therefore this setting is only used to check the devices status if the 'Allow non-Provisional Devices' policy is set (and the box unchecked). Once this is configured, earlier devices report back that they do not support device encryption and therefore access to Exchange will be blocked.[12]
17 N900 is a non-provisionable device and does not support any policies. However, attachment downloading is always possible.
18 Device says it respects this policy but no device changes are made.
19 Supports gzip compression.
20 Some native device support with newer 2.3 phones. Also 3rd party Android Apps (ie Touchdown) have added support for SMS Sync.See also
- Exchange ActiveSync
- Exchange ActiveSync Client Comparison Table
References
- ^ "Understanding Exchange ActiveSync". http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998357.aspx. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Understanding Exchange ActiveSync". http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998357.aspx. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Exchange ActiveSync Considerations When Using Windows Phone 7 Clients". http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/exchange-activesync-considerations-when-using-windows-phone-7-clients.aspx. Retrieved December 01, 2010.
- ^ "Exchange ActiveSync Considerations When Using Windows Phone 7 Clients". http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/exchange-activesync-considerations-when-using-windows-phone-7-clients.aspx. Retrieved December 01, 2010.
- ^ "iPhone in Business - Exchange ActiveSync". http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iPhone_EAS.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Mail for Exchange for Nokia devices with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync". http://europe.nokia.com/PRODUCT_METADATA_0/Find_products/Nokia_for_Business/pdf/mail_for_exchange_administrator_guide.pdf. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Features of NotifySync 4.7". http://www.notifycorp.com/products/documentation/NS4%206%20vs%20NS4%207_Comparison.xls. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "WebOS Support for Exchange ActiveSync policies and remote wipe". http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/58353_en.html. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Exchange ActiveSync For BlackBerry". http://www.astrasync.com/default.aspx. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ^ "Exchange and Android 2.2 and 2.3 (PDF)". http://www.google.com/help/hc/pdfs/mobile/ExchangeAndAndroid2.2and2.3-003.pdf. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Receiving signed and/or encrypted emails and attachments with NotifySync". http://support.notifycorp.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=1073&nav=0,4. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Device Encryption on Apple iPhones". http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2010/07/20/device-encryption-on-apple-iphones. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
External links
- Understanding Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policies
- How the iPhone OS 4.0 behaves when implementing Exchange ActiveSync Policies and what really works
- Android and iPhone Exchange ActiveSync Policies
- Windows Phone 7 and Exchange ActiveSync
- Understanding Exchange ActiveSync
- Windows Phone 7 in the Enterprise?
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