Services for connections with Microsoft SQL server are included, along with a Synchronisation update for Windows Media Player 10 (KB894476 - not available at the time or writing) which allows you to access the auto synchronisation functionality from the Windows Media device manager directly from ActiveSync, without the need to shell out to Windows Media Player itself. The main reason for the removal of these features on the face of it was to reimpliment them in the corporate server solution Exchange 2003's new Windows Mobile connectivity module, leaving individual users or non-Exchange commercial users with little choice as 4.0 became mandatory for all new Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.
More fundimental changes on the release revolved around the removal of on-personal area connectivity options from the synchronisation mix. For the first time, users were able to specify where they installed the program to on their computers file system. The ActiveSync 4.0 build shipping on CD with Windows Mobile 5.0 device's is 4.ĪctiveSync 4.0 changed the ActiveSync formula considerably. Currently the only way to obtain ActiveSync 4.0 is on the CD which ships with Windows Mobile 5.0 devices or ROM upgrades. No formal RTM public redistributable was made available before or at the RTM and launch of Windows Mobile 5.0. ActiveSync 4.0 officially RTM'd at build 4., but was only released via the web as a Developer Preview release. The final ActiveSync 4.0 beta was built on the 4th March 2005 with a version number of 4. Improvements to the integration with the host Outlook PIM have been made, with the ability - when connecting to a supporting device - to synchronise user photographs in contact entries. ActiveSync's synchronisation services now support the direct connection to both Microsoft Outlook on a local PC, or a directly integrated connection with Microsoft Exchange Server. The most significant improvement that can be seen already in the pending ActiveSync release are the modifications to the 'Get Connected' wizard, now renamed the "Synchronisation Setup Wizard". The user interface at this early beta stage has not received significant updates to the 3.8 release which appeared on January 6th 2005. Little is currently known about ActiveSync 4.0's features or its release. This document describes ActiveSync VersionĪctiveSync 4.0 (4.) BETA emerged as the first evidence of the fourth generation Windows CE sync client on January 5th 2005. In January 2005, after much speculation of the release a Microsoft Windows Mobile division leak disclosed details of formal work on ActiveSync 4.0. ActiveSync 4.x Desktop Software Guide CESD|200248
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