Microsoft is adding some new capabilities such as Exchange ActiveSync support to its lowest K-plan service.
In a post to his “The Office 365 Display Board” blog, Microsoft Senior Partner Technology Advisor Jesper Osgaard described some of the tweaks the Softies are making to the Office 365 K-plan:
Exchange Online Kiosk Plan: Microsoft is adding Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support for mobile devices to the current Exchange Online Kiosk plan. Currently, users with that plan only have POP mail capabilities. “With this change, we will enable all smartphones that support EAS, including iPhone, Android phones, Nokia phones (Symbian), and Windows phones,” Osgaard blogged.
EAS is designed for the synchronisation of email, contacts, calendar, tasks and notes from a messaging server to a mobile device, where as POP is limited to e-mail only.
E-mail storage: Microsoft is doubling e-mail storage for K plan users from 500 MB to 1 GB.
Exchange Online Archiving: Microsoft will be enabling “Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) including legal hold and unlimited storage, to be offered as an add-on to any Exchange Online plan, including Kiosk and Exchange Plan 1,” they said.
When the new capabilities will be available was not disclosed but it is expected it will be within Q1/Q2 2012.
For workers on the road most of their day the above changes obviously will add a lot of increased functionality if they have a smart device, e.g. being able maintain to an updated schedule in their calendars, set reminders via tasks etc.
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