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Windows Mobile Device Center
- Prerequisites
By Chris De Herrera,
Copyright 2006
Version 1.00 Revised 12/4/2006
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Introduction
Recently Microsoft sent Vista to manufacturing. So I'm sure you want to know how to synchronize your Windows Mobile device with Vista. Well Microsoft decided to migrate from ActiveSync to the new Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC). This article is based on WMDC Beta 3 which only supports Vista RC1. However I successfully installed WMDC on the RTM version of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition for x86.
Supported Devices
With Windows Mobile Device Center Microsoft supports the following devices:
| Device / Version | Pocket PC | Smartphone |
| Windows Mobile 5.0 | YES | YES |
| Windows Mobile 2003, Second Edition | YES | YES |
| Windows Mobile 2003 | YES | YES |
| 2002 | NO | NO |
| Pocket PC 2000 | NO | NO |
| Handheld PC | NO | NO |
Supported Office Versions
With Windows Mobile Device Center, Microsoft supports the following releases of Outlook:
| Version |
Supported? |
| Office 2007 | YES |
| Office 2003 | YES |
| Office 2002 | YES |
| Office 2000 | YES |
| Office 97 | NO |
Supported Versions of Vista
Windows Mobile Device Center supports the following versions of Vista:
| Version | x86 | x64 |
| Microsoft® Windows® Vista Ultimate | YES | YES |
| Microsoft® Windows® Vista Professional | YES | YES |
| Microsoft® Windows® Vista Premium | YES | YES |
| Microsoft® Windows® Vista Server | YES | YES |
| Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home | YES | YES |
Supported Versions of Windows Server 2008
Windows Mobile Device Center supports the following versions of Windows Server 2008:
| Version | x86 | x64 |
| Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Standard | YES | YES |
| Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise | YES | YES |
Please note that WMDC does not support any prior release of Windows.
Downloading Windows Mobile Device Center
When WMDC is released, it will be part of Windows Update. However right now it is available at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx
Note: Windows Mobile Device Center is designed to work with Windows Vista. You can install Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Server 2008 if you install the Desktop Experience Feature prior to installing WMDC. Also, all x64 versions of Vista and Windows Server 2008 require the Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 x64 driver.
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