Editing ActiveSync (section)

==Overview==
ActiveSync allows a mobile device to be synchronized with either a desktop [[Personal computer|PC]] or a [[server (computing)|server]] running a compatible software product.

On desktops, ActiveSync synchronizes emails, calendar, contacts and tasks with [[Microsoft Outlook]], along with [[Internet bookmark]]s and files. ActiveSync does not support all features of Outlook. For instance, contacts grouped into subfolders are not transferred. Only the contacts which are not in a subfolder are synchronized. In case of Exchange Server, only emails, calendar, contacts and tasks may be synchronized.

In the [[Task Manager (Windows)|Windows Task Manager]], the associated process is called wcescomm.exe.

ActiveSync also provides for the manual transfer of files to a mobile device, along with limited [[backup]] functionality, and the ability to install and uninstall mobile device applications.

Supported mobile devices include [[Personal digital assistant|PDAs]] or [[smartphone]]s running [[Windows Mobile]], [[Windows CE]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/features/owa_mobile.mspx
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501143334/http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/features/owa_mobile.mspx
 |archive-date=1 May 2008
 |title=Exchange Server 2007 Support for Mobile Devices
 |work=Microsoft Exchange portal
 |publisher=Microsoft
 |date=27 March 2007
 |access-date=20 November 2012
}}</ref> [[BlackBerry 10]] or [[iOS]] but not the older BlackBerry versions, [[Palm OS]] and [[Symbian]] platforms. [[Windows Phone 7]] doesn't support desktop ActiveSync synchronization.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/how-to-sync-windows-phone-7-with-outlook
 |title=How to Sync Windows Phone 7 with Outlook
 |work=Pocketnow
 |date=17 September 2010
 |access-date=20 November 2012
 |first=Adam Z.
 |last=Lein
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627011711/http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/how-to-sync-windows-phone-7-with-outlook
 |archive-date=27 June 2013
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

Starting with [[Windows Vista]], ActiveSync has been replaced with the [[Windows Mobile Device Center]], which is included as part of the operating system.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/0/9/70964f31-bac7-4379-b8bf-17ef35301ace/MEDC/Windows+Mobile+Enterprise+Features+-+Derek+Snyder.pdf
 |title=Windows Mobile Enterprise Features
 |work=Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2006
 |publisher=Microsoft
 |year=2006
 |first=Derek
 |last=Snyder
 |access-date=20 November 2012
 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>