(or, The Design of Exchange Direct Push in Exchange 2003 SP2)
Background
I bought my first cell phone in the summer of 2000 – the venerable Nokia 5160. With the attendant giddy excitement of a...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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Whatever is the simplicity mentioned (in the comments, at least) it is a first glance impression. That is it would be simple if it worked. Unfortunately, it is not, really. It is buggy. I tested GoodLink technology and it IS simple - it took about three hrs to set up a pilot and make it work with Treo650. And it works flawlessly so far, setup was very well documented and easy to understand. And it is now four days as I am trying to make AUTD ActiveSync work on Exchange2003 with Motorola 220. Everything is set up according to all the docs I was able to get my hands on but it just does not work (to make sure it seems it WAS working for a while and then just stopped, with no apparent reasons). Since we can save some money using ActiveSync instead of GoodLink I'm still trying to get it working but...
Documentation is sparse, difficult to get and rather superficial. Software is definitely buggy and troubleshooting info is virtually non-existant. So what does anybody mean it is a 'simple' solution???
Good (and simple) technology is the one which works and properly documented. However good may the idea be in the foundation of the technology it is worthless if implementation is sloppy (sorry, but somebody had to say that). My problem with ActiveSync is a number of bugs in PRODUCTION system and lack of docs. I can make it work with scheduled or manual sync but not AUTD - no apparent errors, no troubleshooting info, just like that.
Documentation is sparse, difficult to get and rather superficial. Software is definitely buggy and troubleshooting info is virtually non-existant. So what does anybody mean it is a 'simple' solution???
Good (and simple) technology is the one which works and properly documented. However good may the idea be in the foundation of the technology it is worthless if implementation is sloppy (sorry, but somebody had to say that). My problem with ActiveSync is a number of bugs in PRODUCTION system and lack of docs. I can make it work with scheduled or manual sync but not AUTD - no apparent errors, no troubleshooting info, just like that.