Oct, 2001 : MS Extends Exchange Server Access to Mobile Devices

📅 October 2, 2001 - In the opening MEC 2001 keynote speech to more than 5,000 Microsoft customers and industry partners, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server Division at Microsoft Corp. (microsoft.com), introduced new tools and products that allow customers to extend access to Exchange from a wider variety of mobile devices, and enable easier integration of collaborative data into business solutions.

Additionally, Flessner announced the next version of Mobile InformationServer (MIS) 2002 Enterprise Edition, which will provide customers withover-the-air server synchronization from their mobile devices to theirExchange Server. Flessner also announced the Exchange 2000 Server DeveloperEnablement Kit, which will allow developers to easily design Exchange-basedcollaborative solutions and XML Web services.
"With over 94 million seats licensed, Exchange is now a leading solution forenterprises that demand mission-critical messaging systems," Flessner said."This momentum demonstrates that customers are responding to the benefits ofunified directory and management, Outlook Web Access, the integrationbetween Exchange and the rest of the .NET Enterprise Server family, and theability to build XML Web services today, allowing them to respond tobusiness problems with greater speed and intelligence."
In response to the increasing importance of mobile access to Exchange,Microsoft announced the next version of its mobile server application. MIS2002 Enterprise Edition provides carriers, enterprise customers and industrypartners with an enhanced architecture for securely extending ExchangeServer information, corporate intranet applications and services to mobileusers. MIS 2002 Enterprise Edition contains key new features that improvemobile user productivity and simplify server administration, includingover-the-air server synchronization with mobile devices such as Microsoft'snew Pocket PC 2002 Software (scheduled to be launched Oct. 4, 2001),enhanced security, additional phone support, new administration tools,updated deployment topologies, improved performance, an updated softwaredevelopment kit and new language support.
Flessner announced a strategic alliance between Microsoft and MobileSysInc., aimed at providing enterprises with secure wireless access via MIS2002 Enterprise Edition and the MobileSys global data network to mobileworkers around the world.
"By supporting MIS 2002 Enterprise Edition, MobileSys is providing securewireless transmissions and a single point of access to leading globalcarriers from multinational enterprises that depend on Exchange to do theirjobs," said David Coelho, MobileSys founder and CEO. "For MobileSys, thisalliance offers us the opportunity to quickly achieve our vision ofdelivering global wireless infrastructure service to millions of users."
All MEC attendees received the Exchange 2000 Server Developer Enablement Kitcreated to allow developers to jump-start the design and development of XMLWeb services using Exchange. The two-CD set includes the latest ExchangeSoftware Development Kit, sample Exchange-based XML Web services, whitepapers on how to develop XML Web services and a code-centered trainingguide. Also in the kit is a free 90-day evaluation version of the IT FactoryDevelopment Center for Microsoft, providing developers with a snap-in forthe VisualStudio 6, and soon Visual Studio .NET, which allows them to buildXML Web services rapidly.
For customers switching from a competitive messaging system, Microsoftreleased the Exchange 2000 Competitive Migration Kit. The kit complementsthe connectors and utilities already shipping in Exchange 2000 withwebcasts, white papers and other essential technical material that providesmessaging professionals with the necessary steps to execute a migration toExchange. The kit also contains updated migration tools for Lotus cc:Mail.

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