Editing ActiveSync (section)

==Release history==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2013}}
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|-
! Version
! Operating systems
! Release date
! Major changes
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| 1.0
||[[Windows 95]]
| 1996-09-10
| 
*Initial version (under name H/PC Explorer)
|-
| 1.1.7077
|rowspan="3"|{{ubl|[[Windows 95]]|[[Windows NT 4.0]]}}
| 1997-03-19
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*NT4 support
*Stability and compatibility fixes
*Revised EULA
|-
| 2.0
| Fall 1997
|
*Renamed to Windows CE Services
*Support for Windows CE 2
*Windows CE 1 support dropped
|-
| 2.1
| 1998-02
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*Support for Windows CE 2.1x
|-
| 2.2
|rowspan="3"| {{ubl|[[Windows 95]]|[[Windows NT 4.0]]|[[Windows 98]]}}
| 1998-09
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*NT4 installation easier
*33% faster than 2.1
|-
| 3.0.0.9204
| 1999-08-16
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*Renamed to ActiveSync
*Faster, simplified, and vastly improved.
*Removed the association between RAS/DUN and the Windows CE connection stack
|-
| 3.1.9386
| 1999-11-24
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*USB synchronization and the inclusion of the AvantGo host client
*Auto-adjusting baud rate
|-
| 3.1.9439
| rowspan="2"| {{ubl|[[Windows 95]]|[[Windows NT 4.0]]|[[Windows 98]]|[[Windows 2000]]}}
| ?
|
*Sync fixes
|-
| 3.1.9587
| 2001-07-31
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*Added synchronisation support for [[Microsoft Exchange Server]] 2000
*Fixes for Outlook 98 / 2000 Security updates
*Fixed a problem with the USB sync option
|-
| 3.5.1176
|rowspan="2"| {{ubl|[[Windows 95]]|[[Windows NT 4.0]]|[[Windows 98]]|[[Windows 2000]]|[[Windows XP]]}}
| 2001-08-06
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*Integrated support for new Windows XP and Office XP releases and Pocket PC 2002
*Improved USB functionality, security and sync performance
*New connection sounds
|-
| 3.5.12007
| 2002-03-01
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*Revised high color program icon
|-
| 3.6.2148
| rowspan="5"| {{ubl|[[Windows 95]]|[[Windows NT 4.0]]|[[Windows 98]]|[[Windows 2000]]|[[Windows XP]]|[[Windows Server 2003]]|[[Windows Home Server]]}}
| 2002-11
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*Support for the new range of Smartphone devices
*Customary security updates and synchronisation performance improvements
*New Get Connected Wizard
*Improves on remote synchronisation by preventing error messages and dialogues from halting sync process
|-
| 3.7.3083
| 2003-05-06
| 
*Minor updates to internal icon set
*Corrects a discovered security flaw in ActiveSync
*Improvements to the synchronisation wizard, other UI changes and general enhancements
*Improvements to support forthcoming Microsoft Office 2003 release and Windows Mobile 2003
|-
| 3.7.1.3244
| 2003-10-10
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*Improvements to USB drivers and issues related to synchronisation
*Get Connected Wizard's interface modified slightly.
|-
| 3.7.1.4034
| 2004-03-26
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*Fixed reported bugs with Windows Explorer and XP Firewall integration.
|-
| 3.8.0.5004
| 2005-01-06
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*Secure functionality and provide updates for Windows XP SP2 systems
*Performance improvements in synchronisation
*Circumvents XP Firewall prompts that users experienced with other program versions upon first run.
*Disables the Ethernet (LAN, Bluetooth) and RAS (Modem and WAN) connection method by default
|-
| 4.0.4343
| rowspan="5"| {{ubl|[[Windows 2000]]|[[Windows XP]]|[[Windows Server 2003]]|[[Windows Home Server]]}}
| 2005
| 
*Users able to specify installation directory
*Removal of on-personal area connectivity options from the synchronisation mix.
*Services for connections with Microsoft SQL server are included, along with a synchronisation update for Windows Media Player 10
*GUI refresh
|-
| 4.0.4358
| 2005
| 
*Retail version included only on Windows Mobile 5 device CDs
|-
| 4.1.0.4841
| 2005-11-18
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*Critical update
|-
| 4.2.0.4876
| 2006-06-06
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*Microsoft Outlook improvements: Resolves issues relating to error code 85010014
*Proxy/DTPT interaction improvements: Improved auto configuration of device Connection Manager settings when desktop has no proxy path to the Internet
*Improved Desktop Pass Thru behavior with ISA proxy failures
*Partnership improvements: Better resolution of multiple devices with the same name syncing with the same desktop
*Connectivity improvements: Better handling of VPN clients (resolve unbinding of protocols from our RNDIS adapter). New auto detection of connectivity failure with user diagnostic alerts
*New troubleshooting utility
|-
| 4.5.5096
| 2007-02-13
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*Faster file transfer speed and photo sync via Outlook are only available for Windows Mobile 5.0 powered devices.
*Users of Microsoft Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 with devices running the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 will benefit from the following feature enhancements included in ActiveSync 4.5: Direct Push Technology, local device wipe, and certificate powered authentication to Microsoft Exchange.
*Microsoft Office Outlook 2000 not supported
*Conversion of database files for use on a mobile device is not supported
*Conversion of font files for use on a mobile device is not supported by ActiveSync 4.5
|}