In a recent announcement by Apple titled “Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta” Apple have indicated that version 2 of the iPhone Software version will support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

In the announcement Apple say they have licensed Exchange ActiveSync from Microsoft and will support connections to Exchange 2003 and 2007 “out-of-the-box” . This announcement together with the news of the addition Cisco IPSec VPN certainly makes the iPhone a little more palatable in a business environment. Pull e-mail is rapidly becoming yesterdays news in a world where we expect information to arrive quickly and not at polled intervals.

Microsoft have a Q&A on the announcement in their article Q&A: Microsoft Helps Connect Apple iPhone Users to Microsoft’s Exchange Server

Redmondmag.com have an article on the announcement “Apple To Add Exchange Support to iPhones” whilst MacWorld talk about “Analysis: The iPhone moves into the enterprise”

You can find out more about Exchange ActiveSync at the Microsoft site at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/features/mobileaccesswp.mspx

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