iPhone and Exchange
Alexander Muse , June 29, 2007
For those customers with Exchange 2007 (perhaps 3% of our clients) we are updating your software today in advance of the impending iPhone launch this evening. Why?
This fix is important as the iPhone will work with Exchange Server via IMAP4. According to eWeek, the update is expected to address the many issues Exchange 2007 users have been having, including with Mac Mail and the fact that when they access their mailboxes on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 server, certain IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) clients cannot open the bodies of the e-mail messages, which triggers an error message.
Of course NO ONE (not even Microsoft) has actually tested synchronization with the iPhone as of today (we will let you know how it works by Monday).
The iPhone could also work better with Exchange 2003 and 2007 when Apple licenses, and ports to the Mac OS X, Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol, a data synchronization service that enables mobile users to gain access to their e-mail, calendar and contacts and retain access to this information while offline. While neither Apple nor Microsoft have confirmed any such licensing deal, even if that had already happened it would likely be a matter of months before ActiveSync works on the iPhone, given the technical work involved in making that happen.
Here in Dallas the folks have already started lining up outside the Apple store (I took these photos at 8:45AM):
