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Exchange ActiveSync Client Comparison Table

Exchange ActiveSync Client Comparison Table

This Exchange Wiki page contains information about which Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) features are available in each Exchange Server version as well as which of these features are supported by Windows Mobile and other devices in the market.

 

Table of Contents


Table

Note
For additional details around which EAS policies and features are supported by Windows Phone 7 devices, see Exchange ActiveSync Considerations when using Windows Phone 7 Clients.

Acronyms used:

WM = Windows Mobile

WP = Windows Phone

MFE = Mail For Exchange

 Company

Microsoft 

Apple

Nokia

Google

 Nitrodesk

Notify
Corp

Palm

MailSite Software

 Thursby Software

 Product

WM
[1]

WM
[2]

WP
[3]

 iOS
[4]

MFE
[5]

Android

 Touch
Down

Notify
Sync
[6]

Web
OS
[7]

AstraSync
[8]

 PKard Mail

 Version

6.1

6.5

 7.0

4.2

3.0.50

2.2

 6.2

4.7

1.4.5

4.2

1.0

 Exchange ActiveSync 2.5 - Exchange Server 2003 SP2


 

 Features:


 

Direct Push

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unknown

Email sync

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

Calendar sync

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes9

Yes

Unknown 

Contacts sync

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

Tasks Sync

 Yes

Yes

 No

 No

 Yes

 No

 Yes

Yes 

Yes 

No 

 Unknown

Remote wipe

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes11

Yes

 Yes

Yes4

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

Sync multiple folders

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

GAL lookup

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes2

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes8

Yes

 Unknown

SSL encrypted transmission

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

 Company

Microsoft 

Apple

Nokia

Google

 Nitrodesk

Notify
Corp

Palm

MailSite Software

 Unknown

 Product

WM
[1]

WM
[2]

WP
[3]

 iOS
[4]

MFE
[5]

Android

 Touch
Down

Notify
Sync
[6]

Web
OS
[7]

AstraSync
[8]

 iOS

 Version

6.1

6.5

 7.0

4.2

3.0.50

2.2

 6.2

4.7

1.4.5

4.2

 6.1

 Exchange ActiveSync 12.0 - Exchange Server 2007


 

 Features:

 

User started remote wipe (server side)

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes11

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

Link Access

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 Yes

No

No

No

 Unknown

HTML email

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unknown 

Server Search

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

No

No

 Yes

No

No

No

 Unknown

Set Out of Facility/Office (OOF)

Yes

Yes

 No

No

Yes

No

 Yes

No

No

No

 Unknown

Follow-up flags

Yes

Yes

 Yes

No

Yes

Yes15

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

Meeting attendee information

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

No

 Yes

No

Yes

Yes

 Unknown

PIN reset

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 Yes

No

No

No

 Unknown

AutoDiscover

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

No

Yes

 Unknown

Bandwidth reduction

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

Yes

No

 Yes

Yes

Yes

No

 Unknown

 Policies:

 

Allow attachment download (client side)

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No17

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Maximum attachment size

Yes

Yes

 No

No

Yes

No

 

No

No

No

Unknown 

Enable password recovery

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow simple password

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

 Unknown

Password expiration (days)

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

 Unknown

Enforce password history

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

 Unknown

Encrypt storage card

Yes

Yes

 No

N/A

No

No

Yes18

No

No

No

 Unknown

 Company

Microsoft 

Apple

Nokia

Google

 Nitrodesk

Notify
Corp

Palm

MailSite Software

 Thursby Software

 Product

WM
[1]

WM
[2]

WP
[3]

 iOS
[4]

MFE
[5]

Android

 Touch
Down

Notify
Sync
[6]

Web
OS
[7]

AstraSync
[8]

PKard Mail

 Version

6.1

6.5

 7.0

4.2

3.0.50

2.2

 6.2

4.7

1.4.5

4.2

 1.0

 Exchange ActiveSync 12.1 - Exchange Server 2007 SP1

 

 Features:

 

Cancel remote wipe (server side)

N/A

N/A

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

Unknown 

Remote wipe confirmation

N/A

N/A

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Default mobile policy (server side)

N/A

N/A

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Bandwidth reductions (compressed/ removed  headers)

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

No

 Unknown

S/MIME13

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

Yes5

No

Yes

 Unknown

 Policies:

 

Disable desktop ActiveSync

Yes

Yes

 Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Disable removable storage

Yes

Yes

 Yes

N/A

N/A

No

 

No

N/A

No

 Unknown

Disable camera

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Disable SMS text messaging

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Disable Wi-Fi

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Disable Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Disable IrDA

Yes

Yes

 Yes

N/A

No

No

 

No

N/A

No

 Unknown

Allow internet sharing from device

Yes

Yes

 Yes

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow desktop sharing from device

Yes

Yes

 Yes

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Disable POP3/IMAP4 email

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow consumer email

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow browser

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow unsigned applications

Yes

Yes

 No

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Allow unsigned CABs

Yes

Yes

 No

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

Unknown 

Application allow list

Yes

Yes

 No

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Application block list

Yes

Yes

 No

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Require signed S/MIME messages

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Require encrypted S/MIME messages

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Require signed S/MIME algorithm

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Require encrypted S/MIME algorithm

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow S/MIME encrypted algorithm negotiation

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Allow S/MIME SoftCerts

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Device encryption

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes16

No

No

 

Yes6

No

Yes6

 Unknown

Minimum number of complex characters

Yes

Yes

 Yes

Yes

Yes

No

 

No

No

Yes

Unknown 

Configure message formats (HTML or plain text)

Yes

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No7

No

Yes

Unknown 

Include past email items (Days)

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

Yes

No

 

No7

No

Yes

 Unknown

Email body truncation size (KB)

Yes

Yes

 No

No

Yes

No

 

No

No

Yes

 Unknown

HTML email body truncation size (KB)

Yes

Yes

 No

No

Yes

No

 

No

No

Yes

 Unknown

Include past calendar items (Days)

Yes

Yes

 No

No

Yes

No

 

No

No

Yes

 Unknown

Require manual sync while roaming

Yes

Yes

 No

Yes

Yes

No

 

No

No

Yes

 Unknown

 Company

Microsoft 

Apple

Nokia

Google

 Nitrodesk

Notify
Corp

Palm

MailSite Software

Thursby Software

 Product

WM
[1]

WM
[2]

WP
[3]

 iOS
[4]

MFE
[5]

Android

 Touch
Down

Notify
Sync
[6]

Web
OS
[7]

AstraSync
[8]

PKard Mail

 Version

6.1

6.5

 7.0

4.2

3.0.50

2.2

 6.2

4.7

1.4.5

4.2

 1.0

 Exchange ActiveSync 14.0 - Exchange Server 2010

 

 Features:

 

Conversation View

Yes1

Yes

 No

No12

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Move always

Yes1

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Reply state

Yes1

Yes

Yes 

Yes

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

UM card (client side only)

Yes1

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Free/Busy lookup

Yes1

Yes

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Nickname cache

Yes1

Yes

 Yes

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

SMS sync

Yes1

Yes1

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Downloadable client

Yes1

Yes

 Yes

No

Yes

No

 

Yes3

No

Yes3

 Unknown

Notes sync

No

No

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

 Policies:

 

Allow mobile OTA update

Yes1

Yes

 Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

Mobile OTA update mode

Yes1

Yes

 Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

 Exchange ActiveSync 14.1 - Exchange Server 2010 SP1

 

 Company

Microsoft 

Apple

Nokia

Google

 Nitrodesk

Notify
Corp

Palm

MailSite Software

 Thursby Software

 Product

WM
[1]

WM
[2]

WP
[3]

 iOS
[4]

MFE
[5]

Android

 Touch
Down

Notify
Sync
[6]

Web
OS
[7]

AstraSync
[8]

PKard Mail

 Version

6.1

6.5

 7.0

4.2

3.0.50

2.2

 6.2

4.7

1.4.5

4.2

 1.0

 Features:

 

Conversation segments

Yes1

Yes1

No 

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

GAL photo

Yes1

Yes1

 Yes

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

IRM support

Yes1

Yes1

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Block/Allow/Quarantine List (device info)

Yes

Yes

 No

No10

No10

No10

 

No10

No10

No10

 Unknown

Allow attachment download (server side)

N/A

N/A

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Unknown

 Policies:

 

Allow IRM over EAS

Yes1

Yes1

 No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

 Unknown

Require Password

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Require Alphanumeric Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Unknown

Enable Password Recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Require Encryption on Device

 

 

 

 

 

Some Models19

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Require Encryption on Storage Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Allow Simple Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Number of Failed Attempts Allowed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Minimum Password Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

Time Without User Input Before Password must be Re-entered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown 

Password Expiration (days)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Unknown
 Security                      
 Support smart card authentication      Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Yes
 FIPS 140-2 validated      Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Unknown  Yes

NOTES

1 Requires free Outlook Mobile update
2 Only finds email address, no additional info
3 3rd party downloadable client available for purchase for RIM BlackBerry devices
4 Because this is an application, a remote wipe wipes all data in the application but not the entire device
5 S/MIME performance depends on how S/MIME is used
6 Encryption is for the applications memory and not the entire device
7 Policy is available but is client-side only and thus does not respond to server-side policy settings
8 Phone number and email address only
9 can only create personal calendar entry, no meeting requests
10 Info is derived from other info sent from the device as opposed to sent in the protocol
11 E series devices do a full wipe while N series devices only do a wipe of the Exchange data
12 Some devices have a conversation view which is simply grouped by subject and is not the EAS based conversation view feature
13 S/MIME was not included in EAS 12.0 so it was added back at this point (it had been in EAS 2.5)
14 Information in this chart is additive. This means that information that is listed for a later version of Exchange ActiveSync does not list the features of the previous version but the product does include them. Compatibility in an earlier version indicates compatibility in the later version unless otherwise noted.
15 Follow-up flags are implemented as "stars" on the device.
16 Device encryption is only supported on iPhone 3GS hardware and later. These devices are encrypted by default, therefore this setting is only used to check the devices status if the 'Allow non-Provisional Devices' policy is set. If this is set earlier devices report back that they do not support device encryption and access to Exchange will be blocked.
17 N900 is a non-provisionable device and does not support any policies. However, attachment downloading is always possible.
18 TouchDown honors SD card encryption by encrypting the attachments downloaded to the SD card using 3DES encryption.
19 Some Android models support this feature others do not and will report that they cannot connect due to not meeting the security requirerments.  The following support the feature: Droid Pro; The following do not support the feature: HTC G2.

See also

References

  1. "Understanding Exchange ActiveSync" 
  2. "Understanding Exchange ActiveSync"
  3. "Exchange ActiveSync Considerations When Using Windows Phone 7 Clients"
  4. "iPhone in Business - Exchange ActiveSync"
  5. "Mail for Exchange for Nokia devices with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync"
  6. "Features of NotifySync 4.7"
  7. "WebOS Support for Exchange ActiveSync policies and remote wipe"
  8. "AstraSync - BlackBerry ActiveSync Compatibility "
  9. "Receiving signed and/or encrypted emails and attachments with NotifySync"
  10. "Device Encryption on Apple iPhones"

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Comments
  • 28 Jan 2011 8:35 AM

    The last 10 policies are in the wrong place on the table. They are a mix of 2003 SP2 and 2007 policies.

  • 10 Jun 2011 1:06 PM

    Could someone possibly update this table with WP 7.1 / Mango details?  

  • 15 Jul 2011 10:04 AM

    this article states encryption is supported on windows 7 with exchange 2007 . while another ms site has NO

    social.technet.microsoft.com/.../exchange-activesync-considerations-when-using-windows-phone-7-clients.aspx

  • 15 Jul 2011 10:27 AM

    Totalnet32: Encryption was/is supported with Windows Mobile against Exchange 2007. Encryption is not supported with Windows Phone 7 no matter the Exchange Server version hosting the mailbox.

  • 15 Jul 2011 10:30 AM

    Matt: On my to do list and will do after I return from my Holiday :)

  • 16 Sep 2011 2:13 PM

    This is pretty out of date now, could someone please update with the new Android update.

  • 17 Sep 2011 2:59 AM

    ICEMAN_halo96: Please feel free to send me the updates (use: ExTW@microsoft.com) that should be included for Android, then I can incorporate them.

  • 28 Sep 2011 7:25 PM

    When will this be updated for WP 7.1? Will it show the new issues it has with EAS 2003 SP2? Mango broke some things that NoDo had working with EAS2003SP2

  • 29 Sep 2011 5:37 AM

    LiFePo4: Could you provide some info about what you saw broke with Mango?

  • 29 Sep 2011 11:23 AM

    When replying to an email the original email text is not included. This has been observed by several people and reported in multiple sites recently.

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