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Company	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Microsoft	Apple	BlackBerry	Nokia	Nokia	Google	Google	Google	Notify Corp.	Palm	MailSite Software Inc.	NitroDesk	Thursby Software
Product	Windows Mobile^[1]	Windows Mobile^[2]	Windows Phone^[3]	Windows Phone^[4]	Windows Phone^[5]	iPhone/ iPod (iOS)^[6]	BlackBerry 10^[7]	Mail for Exchange (Symbian)^[8]	Mail for Exchange (Maemo 5)	Android	Android	Android	NotifySync^[9]	WebOS (Pre/Pixi)^[10]	AstraSync^[11]	TouchDown for Android and iOS	PKard Mail for iOS^[12]
Version	6.1	6.5	7.0	7.5 Mango	8.0	5.0	10.0	3.0.50	PR 1.2	2.2, 2.3^[13]	3.0, 3.1 Honeycomb	4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich	4.10	1.4.5	4.1	7.3	1.0
Exchange ActiveSync 2.5 - Exchange Server 2003 SP2
Features:
Direct Push	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Email sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes⁹	Yes	Yes	No
Contacts sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tasks Sync	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Remote wipe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes¹¹	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sync multiple folders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
GAL lookup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes²	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes⁸	Yes	Yes	Yes
SSL encrypted transmission	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Policies:
4131	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
4136	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
AE Frequency Value	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Device Wipe Threshold	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Minimum Password Length	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Password Complexity	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Exchange ActiveSync 12.0 - Exchange Server 2007
Features:
User started remote wipe (server side)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes¹¹	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Link Access	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
HTML email	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Server Search	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Set Out of Facility/Office (OOF)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Follow-up flags	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes¹⁵	Yes¹⁵	Yes¹⁵	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Meeting attendee information	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
PIN reset	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
AutoDiscover	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bandwidth reduction	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes¹⁹	Yes	No	Yes¹⁹	Yes
Policies:
Allow attachment download (client side)	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No¹⁷	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maximum attachment size	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Enable password recovery	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	N/A
Allow simple password	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A
Password expiration (days)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A
Enforce password history	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A
Encrypt storage card	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	N/A	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes²⁴	No	No	No	Yes²²	No
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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remote wipe confirmation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Default mobile policy (server side)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bandwidth reductions (compressed/removed headers)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes²⁸	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
S/MIME¹³	Yes	Yes	No	No	Unknown	Yes	Yes²⁷	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Policies:
Disable desktop ActiveSync	Yes	Yes	Yes¹⁸	Yes¹⁸	Unknown	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Disable removable storage	Yes	Yes	Yes¹⁸	Yes¹⁸	Unknown	N/A	No	N/A	N/A	No	No	No	No	N/A	No	Yes²³	N/A
Disable camera	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Disable SMS text messaging	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disable Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disable Bluetooth	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	N/A
Disable IrDA	Yes	Yes	Yes¹⁸	Yes¹⁸	No	N/A	N/A	No	No	No	No	No	No	N/A	No	No	N/A
Allow internet sharing from device	Yes	Yes	Yes¹⁸	Yes¹⁸	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Allow desktop sharing from device	Yes	Yes	Yes¹⁸	Yes¹⁸	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disable POP3/IMAP4 email	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Allow consumer email	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Allow browser	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Allow unsigned applications	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Allow unsigned CABs	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Application allow list	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Application block list	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Require signed S/MIME messages	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Require encrypted S/MIME messages	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Require signed S/MIME algorithm	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Require encrypted S/MIME algorithm	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Allow S/MIME encrypted algorithm negotiation	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Allow S/MIME SoftCerts	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Device encryption enabled	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes¹⁶	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Require device encryption	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes¹⁶	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes²¹	No	No	Yes²⁴	Yes
Minimum number of complex characters	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A
Configure message formats (HTML or plain text)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Include past email items (Days)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes²⁵	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email body truncation size (KB)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
HTML email body truncation size (KB)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Include past calendar items (Days)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes²⁵	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Require manual sync while roaming	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Exchange ActiveSync 14.0 - Exchange Server 2010
Features:
Conversation View	Yes¹	Yes	No	Yes	No	No¹²	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Move always	Yes¹	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Reply state	Yes¹	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
UM card (client side only)	Yes¹	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Free/Busy lookup	Yes¹	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Nickname cache	Yes¹	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SMS sync	Yes¹	Yes¹	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes²⁰	Yes²⁰	Yes²⁰	No	No	No	Yes	No
Downloadable client	Yes¹	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes ³	Yes	No
Notes sync	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Policies:
Allow mobile OTA update	Yes¹	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mobile OTA update mode	Yes¹	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Exchange ActiveSync 14.1 - Exchange Server 2010 SP1
Features:
Conversation segments	Yes¹	Yes¹	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GAL Photos	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes	Yes	No	Yes²⁹	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IRM support	Yes¹	Yes¹	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes³⁰	No	No	No	Yes	No
Block/Allow/Quarantine List (device info)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No¹⁰	Yes	No¹⁰	No	No¹⁰	No¹⁰	Yes	No¹⁰	No¹⁰	No¹⁰	Yes	No
Allow attachment download (server side)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Policies:
Allow IRM over EAS	Yes¹	Yes¹	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Exchange ActiveSync 14.2 - Exchange Server 2010 SP2
Features:
Policies:
Security
Support smart card authentication	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	No	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
FIPS 140-2 validated	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	No²⁶	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes

Notes:

¹ Requires free Outlook Mobile update
² Only finds email address, phone numbers, title and company
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^[14]
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
(and the box unchecked). Once this is configured, earlier devices report back
that they do not support device encryption and therefore access to Exchange
will be blocked.^[15]
¹⁷ N900 is a non-provisionable device and does not support any policies.
However, attachment downloading is always possible.
¹⁸ Device says it respects this policy but no device changes are made.
¹⁹ Supports gzip compression.
²⁰ Some native device support with newer 2.3 phones. Also 3rd party Android
apps (i.e. Touchdown) have added support for SMS Sync.
²¹ Require device encryption is achieved by using NotifyMDM.
²² Encrypts all corporate data/attachments downloaded to SD card.
²³ Disables corporate data/attachments from being downloaded to SD card.
²³ Encrypts corporate data stored on device regardless of whether device
supports encryption natively or not.
²⁴ Encrypts non-removable (emulated) SD card storage (e.g. Nexus S, Galaxy
Nexus, etc.) starting in 4.0.4
²⁵ Starting in 4.0.4
²⁶ Cryptographic modules in iOS/OSX CoreCrypto and CoreCrypto Kernel are
"In Review" so potentially a partial "Yes" in the future
²⁷ Only supported through BDS
²⁸ Partial
²⁹ Assuming that Contacts are synced too
³⁰ On Samsung's devices

Here it is a new update on this Comparison table !

Taken from :

Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Exchange_ActiveSync_Clients

MSFTJoaoRibeiro

13 Oct 2010 11:18 AM

I will, as soon as possible, update the above table with Windows Phone 7.

Please keep visiting :)

Kind regards,

João Ribeiro

Kent Eriksson

1 Nov 2010 4:16 PM

Very good list! I hope you will keep it up to date!

And pls hurry up with the Phone 7 addition :)

Peter

6 Nov 2010 6:21 AM

Really useful table! Thank you!

Looking forward to Windows Phone 7 column!

Martin

10 Nov 2010 8:25 AM

Fine piece of work. It would be very nice if this would be updatet with the new WP7 and the ne iPhone OS 4.1

!!!RESPECT!!!

Hutch

14 Nov 2010 6:26 PM

Is it a Chrome/Safari thing or is half the table obscured by the right-hand "Options" column?

Looks a great table but I can't see most of it (Android/Palm etc.).

Thanks,

Hi,

Thanks for commenting.

It must be a browser issue. I use IE9 and it shows properly.

Regards,

Greg B

23 Nov 2010 11:44 AM

What would also be useful (if at all possible) is whether the client is truthful about email store encryption. For example, Nokia E-Series can connect to our Exchange server which requires encryption, but the table above says not supported. The same was apparently true for older iOS versions.

Thanks for the table!

Brian S

15 Feb 2013 8:25 PM

Do you have an updated table to reflect Windows Phone *?

Hi Brian,

Will work on it.

Waqas M

17 Feb 2013 6:16 AM

Great comparision chart

Zach B

29 Jul 2013 6:45 PM

Hi Zach,

Please check the updated comparison table.

Should you need further info, just let me know :)

Please update this valuable table as my organization is currently rejecting the use of and support for Windows Phone 8 devices in favor of Android...

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