{"id":255,"date":"2020-06-01T21:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=255"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:17:49","slug":"configure-exchange-activesync-on-windows-mobile-devices","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/configure-exchange-activesync-on-windows-mobile-devices","title":{"rendered":"Simple Guide: Configure Exchange ActiveSync on Windows Mobile Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/7b8d23de7fd35559eff6f7e49c31b03c94717e8e\/2014\/09\/05\/798b360d-34ce-11e4-9e6a-00505685119a\/windows-phone-the-final-review.jpg?auto=webp&amp;fit=crop&amp;height=900&amp;width=1200\" alt=\"Configure Exchange ActiveSync on Windows Mobile Devices\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Configure Exchange ActiveSync on Windows Mobile Devices<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/exchange\/clients\/exchange-activesync\/exchange-activesync\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync<\/a> is available as an optional add-on to SmarterMail.\u00a0 Unlike other synchronization methods, Exchange ActiveSync uses direct push technology to sync email, calendars, and contacts, tasks, notes, and folders to Windows Mobile devices in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have\u00a0activated your Exchange ActiveSync, you will need to configure the Windows Mobile device to function with Exchange ActiveSync.<\/p>\n<p>To set up your Windows Mobile device to access Exchange ActiveSync, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On your Windows Mobile device, click\u00a0<b>Start<\/b>. Then click\u00a0<b>Programs<\/b>\u00a0and click\u00a0<b>ActiveSync<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<b>Set up your device to sync with it<\/b>\u00a0link.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your email address.<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the\u00a0<b>Attempt to detect Exchange Server Settings automatically<\/b>\u00a0checkbox.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<b>Next<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the URL to your webmail server.\u00a0 For example, mail.example.com.\u00a0NOTE: Do not include http:\/\/ when entering the server information.<\/li>\n<li>If your webmail requires SSL, select the\u00a0<b>This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection<\/b>\u00a0checkbox.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<b>Next<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Complete the following required information:\n<ul>\n<li>Username (without @domainname.com)<\/li>\n<li>Password<\/li>\n<li>Domain name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<b>Next<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>The Windows Mobile device will display a list of collaboration items to sync with Exchange ActiveSync. Choose from the list and click\u00a0<b>Finish\u00a0<\/b>to initiate the first sync.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using iPhone, you may refer this article:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/configure-exchange-activesync-on-the-iphone\"> Easy Guide: Configure Exchange ActiveSync on the iPhone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Configure Exchange ActiveSync on Windows Mobile Devices Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync is available as an optional add-on to SmarterMail.\u00a0 Unlike other synchronization methods, Exchange ActiveSync uses direct push technology to sync email, calendars, and contacts, tasks, notes, and folders to Windows Mobile devices in real time. Once you have\u00a0activated your Exchange ActiveSync, you will need to configure the Windows Mobile device&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[10],"kbtag":[1680,1681],"class_list":["post-255","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-android","kbtag-exchange-activesync","kbtag-windows-mobile-devices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5837,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/255\/revisions\/5837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}