Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Windows Mobile 6 Emulator

This emulator is great to use when troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync issues.  In order to run Windows Mobile 6 emulator, you will need Virutal PC 2007 and the Windows Mobile image.  You do not need to load the image in Virtual PC, instead load the Windows Mobile emulator program.

Download Virutal PC 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en

Download the Windows Mobile 6 emulator

The download is the: 0409/Windows Mobile 6 Professional Images (USA).msi image

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38c46aa8-1dd7-426f-a913-4f370a65a582&DisplayLang=en#filelist

Once you install both components, go to Start>All Programs>Windows Mobile 6SDK>Standalong Emulator Images>US English>Professional

Once you open the emulator, go to File>Configure>Network, then check the "Enable NE2000 PCMIA network adapter and bind to:" checkbox, then select your active network connection.

When using the mobile eumator, set the network connection as "My Work Network"

You can then test ActiveSync after adding your Microsoft Exchange Outlook profile.