Nerd Alert: Sync iPhone Contacts & Calendars Over The Air
I just finished upgrading my infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and Exchange Server 2010 because... actually, I don't exactly remember why I embarked on this task, but I've found two advantages:
- I can handle my own outgoing email. I have a forwarded email address in a domain that I no longer own, and I've had to rely on other email providers for my outgoing mail. If I used Gmail, I'd get the little "on behalf of" addition on my messages. Now that it's all under my control, I have reliable outgoing email (as long as my internet connection is reliable).
- My personal contacts and calendar are stored in Exchange; now that I can sync with multiple Exchange servers on my iPhone, I can keep my personal contacts and calendar on my phone. If I lose my phone, I can wipe my contacts remotely in Outlook Web Access!

Hmm, I don't remember why I started rebuilding everything, but I remember why I finished... I went to sync my contacts in iTunes and I saw a popup ad for MobileMe. I'm not paying $99 a year for that!