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ActiveSync was a mobile data synchronization app developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. It synchronizes data with handheld devices and desktop computers.

Overview

ActiveSync allows a mobile device to be synchronized with either a desktop PC or a server running a compatible software product.

On desktops, ActiveSync synchronizes emails, calendar, contacts, and tasks with Microsoft Outlook, along with Internet bookmarks and files. ActiveSync does not support all features of Outlook. For instance, contacts grouped into subfolders are not transferred. Only the contacts that are not in a subfolder are synchronized. In the case of Exchange Server, only emails, calendar, contacts, and tasks may be synchronized.

In Task Manager, the associated process was called wcescomm.exe.

ActiveSync also provided manual transfer of files to a mobile device, along with limited backup functionality, and the ability to install and uninstall mobile device applications.

Supported mobile devices include PDAs or smartphones running Windows Mobile, Windows CE, BlackBerry 10 or newer, Palm OS, and Symbian platforms. Windows Phone 7 does not support desktop ActiveSync synchronization.

Starting with Windows Vista, ActiveSync has been replaced with the Windows Mobile Device Center, included as part of the operating system.[citation needed]

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