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WM5 Useles Without Internet Sync Raeldor 01-03-2007
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Posted by Sven on January 5, 2007, 8:33 pm
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And you can't do that for Exchange, or you are willing to circumvent the
company security on your own, but not if you have to involve the IT guys
(maybe that's you)

I would like to see it back myself, but I haven't found the lack of the
capability to have rendered my PPC(s) useless. I rarely have someone sitting
at my desktop making contact and calendar entries while I am away, that I
need to sync with anyway. As a form of backup, I find a backup to and SD
card just as reliable.

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
> If active sync had internet sync back, I could make it visible from the
> internet. Sure it's a security risk, but I could host an open source VPN
> that is compatible with the built in VPN support in WM5.
>
>> And Outlook on your desktop is?...visible from the internet.
>>
>> --
>> Sven
>> MVP - Mobile Devices
>>> Yes, but my company has an SSL VPN and the Exchange server sits inside
>>> this on our corporate network (ie, it's not visible from the internet).
>>
>>
>
>



Posted by Ray Price on January 6, 2007, 12:25 am
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I guess to some degree I would be circumventing their security, yes; my
email would be visible unless I implemented my own VPN-like solution. Being
a medium sized company, the IT guys don't have the resource to put time into
projects that only affect a small number of people. I see this as something
that will become increasingly asked for though (I'm just impatient! :D).

I think the more useful things would be access to email (obviously) and
Windows Mobile Communicator. At least for me. Calendar I can live with
synching at my desk.

> And you can't do that for Exchange, or you are willing to circumvent the
> company security on your own, but not if you have to involve the IT guys
> (maybe that's you)
>
> I would like to see it back myself, but I haven't found the lack of the
> capability to have rendered my PPC(s) useless. I rarely have someone
> sitting at my desktop making contact and calendar entries while I am away,
> that I need to sync with anyway. As a form of backup, I find a backup to
> and SD card just as reliable.
>
> --
> Sven
> MVP - Mobile Devices
>> If active sync had internet sync back, I could make it visible from the
>> internet. Sure it's a security risk, but I could host an open source VPN
>> that is compatible with the built in VPN support in WM5.
>>
>>> And Outlook on your desktop is?...visible from the internet.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sven
>>> MVP - Mobile Devices
>>>> Yes, but my company has an SSL VPN and the Exchange server sits inside
>>>> this on our corporate network (ie, it's not visible from the internet).
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>



Posted by Sven on January 3, 2007, 11:04 pm
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Guess I also wonder why you consider WM5 useless without 'remote' sync to
your desktop? Do you have a secretary that updates contacts and calendar
information back at your desktop that you need to sync to? Presumably if you
have internet connectivity at your WM5 device, you could download mail
directly rather than syncing with Outlook Inbox. Nothing is stopping you
from accessing files on your desktop remotely. What is so critical about
syncing with your desktop from a remote location that the unit is useless
without it?

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
> Are there any plans to bring this back? I notice 4.5 beta does not have
> this either.
>
> Thanks
>



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