I got my hands dirty with ActiveSync two weeks back (http://mobilitydojo.net/2010/03/17/digging-into-the-exchange-activesync-protocol), and shared the results with you here. I also mentioned that doing the things I did required a few lines of code since not everything could be done in Fiddler. Because of this I promised you I had something in the works to let you actually play around too, without cracking open your Visual Studio, and now I’m trying to make good on this promise 
I introduce to you, the first beta release of “Exchange ActiveSync MD”. It is a desktop app that will let you emulate a device connecting to ActiveSync. Yes, it is similar to what www.testexchangeconnectivity.com, but I only focus on EAS, and I have a couple of options not present in the ActiveSync test MSFT provide. It will require you to have .Net 3.5 installed on your computer – I’ve tested it running on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but it should work on other Windows versions too with .Net present. It will not require an installation, and you can just run the .exe file itself.
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ActiveSync diagnostic utility
In my last post I provided a very high-level overview of some of the certificate related services in Windows Server 2008 R2, and said I would be digging further into the material. Looking through the archives it seems I have been able to produce at least one article pr month since I started this site and it almost looked like I wouldn’t deliver this month. Well, December and January are always busy months, but I did find some spare time to look into SCEP, (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol), and thought this was a good time to bring some more details.
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Looking at SCEP in further detail.
A couple of weeks ago I performed an upgrade of my LAN at home. A trusty old Pentium 4 that had been doing it’s duties as a Windows Server 2003 domain controller showed signs of old age, and kept locking up at an increasing rate. I’m guessing that the hard drives, and possibly a couple of the fans had started to take enough of the abuse Trying to fix it wouldn’t make sense economically, and while I’ve spare parts and computers with similar specs I wanted to go 64-bit. It all ended up in me re-installing two low-end PowerEdge tower servers running Windows Server 2008 to 2008 R2. The improvements in Hyper-V was one of the reasons, but while at it I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade the domain controller too. (Note to others out there running Linux-based NAS boxes: don’t assume they like 2008 DCs just because they boast AD integration, and worked happily with 2003. Samba can bite my shiny metal ass…)
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An executive summary of the NDES and Certificate Enrollment Web Services in 2008 R2.
