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:

  1. 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).
  2. 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!

Published 07-10-2010 3:40 AM by Ed