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ActiveSync + Multiple Front-End Exchange Servers Ern 06-19-2008
Posted by Ern on June 19, 2008, 12:37 pm
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I am working at a client site and they are looking to use round-robin DNS to
allow Windows Mobile ActiveSync users to connect to multiple Front-End
Exchange servers using a single existing external DNS record. Is this
possible with ActiveSync? If so, has anyone seen any issues in the past
with Treo devices syncing to multiple servers with the same DNS name? Any
help that can be provided will be much appreciated. Thanks.

Posted by Chris De Herrera on June 19, 2008, 10:35 pm
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Hi,
ActiveSync is actually two things:

1. On the desktop, ActiveSync is the program users install to synchronize
data with Outlook.
2. In Exchange 2003 SP2 or 2007 Exchange ActiveSync is the over the air
synchronization solution Microsoft offers for Windows Mobile.

If you mean Exchange ActiveSync, there will be special requirements such as:
1. Having the same public digital certificate installed on both machines.
2. Having the ability to resolve and access the external host by the host
name.
3. Not changing the IP/host name during access. Basically the user will see
an error because the original host is not acessible. Keep in mind that
Exchange ActiveSync keeps the TCP HTTPS connection open with periodic (in
minutes) keepalives.

Also, you will see that the Windows Mobile device will only perform a DNS
lookup ONCE until a soft reset is performed or all networks are disabled.
This was done to reduce the latency for dns lookups on subsequent requests.
There is no option to require the system to perform DNS lookups more often.

I hope this helps.

Sincerely,

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>I am working at a client site and they are looking to use round-robin DNS
>to
> allow Windows Mobile ActiveSync users to connect to multiple Front-End
> Exchange servers using a single existing external DNS record. Is this
> possible with ActiveSync? If so, has anyone seen any issues in the past
> with Treo devices syncing to multiple servers with the same DNS name? Any
> help that can be provided will be much appreciated. Thanks.


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