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This looks great - Thanks Bill.

Hi Bill, Here are perhaps some additional acronyms you want to add to the glossary page:

Term	Description	Notes
3DES	Triple Data Encryption Standard	Strong security encryption standard.
ACL	Acces Control List	Is basically the list of groups or accounts that are given access to a specific object. See also Active Directory.
AD	Active Directory	The Active Directory is the LDAP directory service used in Windows 2000 Server and the versions beyond.
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard	Strong security encryption standard.
AKU	Adaptation Kit Update	An Adaptation Kit Update (AKU) is a collection of updates, fixes and enhancements to the tools delivered to hardware device manufacturers to create or update devices based on a specific platform. Somewhat like a Service Pack on Windows.
API	Application Programming Interface	Common name for function calls into a vendors solution.
APN	Access Point Name	Setup on the phone to direct to a carrier or private network
AUTD	Always Up-To-Date	Feature within Exchange to provide realtime message communications.
BB	Blackberry
BES	Blackberry Enterprise Server	Software product of the company RIM.
CA	Certificate Authority for digital certificates
CAL	Client Access License, Microsoft licensing
CTIA	Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association	http://www.ctia.org
CTP	Community Technology Preview	Microsoft beta release of a software product. These are available for certain products inbetween beta milestones to get better feedback from early adopters, beta testers and customers. "Community" is Microsoft talk for customer interaction.
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol	DHCP software automatically assigns IP addresses to client stations logging onto a TCP/IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent IP addresses. DHCP software typically runs in servers and is also found in network devices such as ISDN routers and modem routers that allow multiple users access to the Internet. Newer DHCP servers dynamically update the DNS servers after making assignments.
DNS	Domain Name System	DNS is a Name resolution software that lets users locate computers on the Internet (TCP/IP network) by domain name. The DNS server maintains a database of domain names (host names) and their corresponding IP addresses.
DoS	Denial of Service	An attacker sends attachments or other unusual or excessive network traffic in an attempt to crash or make a computer or application unstable.
E2K3	Microsoft Exchange 2003	Product name.
E2K7	Microsoft Exchange 2007	Product name.
EA	Enterprise Agreement	Microsoft software licencing model for large enterprise customers.
EAP	Early Adopter Program	See TAP.
EAS	Exchange ActiveSync Service	Product name. The back-end server services that provides messaging and communications to Windows Mobile devices and their ActiveSync client.
ESN	Electronic Serial Number
FIPS	US Federal Information Processing Standard	Usually in context of a FIPS-number security standard. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140
FP	System Center Operations Manager Feature Pack	Product name.
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name	Instead of the NETBIOS host name, the DNS name. Ie. host or host.corp.com
FTP	File Transfer Protocol	The File Transfer Protocol; a protocol that defines how to transfer files from one computer to another. An application program which moves files using the File Transfer Protocol.
GPO	Group Policy Object	Used in the Microsoft Active Directory.
GUI	Graphical User Interface	Windows like feel and look. User friendly screens to develop and use are provided. The user can simply point the cursor and click the mouse to operate.
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language	The language in which World Wide Web pages are written.
HTTP	HyperText Transport Protocol	Network protocol used to access HTML pages.
HTTPS	HyperText Transport Protocol over SSL	Network protocol used to access HTML pages in an encrpyted format.
IE	Internet Explorer	Microsoft WWW browser application.
IIS	Internet Information Server / Services	Product name.
IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity	The IMEI is a unique 15-digit code used to identify an individual GSM mobile station to a GSM network. http://www.gsm-security.net/faq/imei-international-mobile-equipment-identity-gsm.shtml
IMSI	International Mobile Subscriber Identity	A unique 15-digit code used to identify an individual user on a GSM network. The IMSI consists of three components: Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code (MNC), Mobile Subscriber Identity Number (MSIN).The IMSI is stored in the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
IP	Internet Protocol	(e.g. used in "IP telephony" offer)
IPSec	Internet Protocol Security
IrAD	Infrared Data Association
IRM	Information Rights Management	Information Rights Management (IRM) extends RMS into the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions programs and into Microsoft Internet Explorer. Information workers can now stipulate who can open a document and specify how recipients may use that document.
ISA	Internet Security & Acceleration Server	Firewall and proxy product name.
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network	Developed by Bell Labs in the mid-1980s, which was the first digital switching system used by telephone companies. Before DSL, ISDN provided high speed dial-up network/internet access.
ISP	Internet Service Provider	A company that provides internet access for a paid fee, usually on a monthly basis.
ISV	Independent Software Vendor
JIT	Just In Time
JRE	Java Runtime Environment
LAN	Local Area Network	A LAN is a communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. It is made up of servers, workstations, a network operating system and  a communications link.
LUA	Least-privileged User Account	The LUA approach ensures that users follow the principle of least privilege and always log on with limited user accounts. This strategy also aims to limit the use of administrative credentials to administrators, and then only for administrative tasks.
M2M	Mobile to Market	A Microsoft program for ISVs to provide a unified market for applications for mobile devices. The code signing program within Mobile-2-Market, which is open to all application vendors for Windows Mobile devices, allows users to sign their applications with one of the Mobile-2-Market certificates.
MSFP	Messaging and Security Feature Pack	Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 (aka AKU 2.0 + Exchange 2003 SP2)
NAT	Network Address Translation
NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol	Network News Transfer Protocol; the protocol used to transfer USENET news articles between computers on the internet.
NOC	Network Operation Centre
NTFS	New Technology File System	NT because it was originally used in Windows NT and a filesystem is just how the computer stores files on disk. Different operating system, stores files in different ways. NTFS is used by Windows NT, 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003.
OCS	Office Communications Server	renamed real-time collaboration platform Successor to Live Communications Server
OEM	Other Equipment Manufacture
OMA	Open Mobile Alliance,	http://www.openmobilealliance.org
OMA CP	OMA Client Provisioning	V1.1 available, not yet approved.
OMA DM	OMA Device Management	V1.1.2 and V1.2 approved, see http://www.openmobilealliance.org/release_program/dm_v1_2A.html.
OTA	Over-The-Air
OWA	Outlook Web Access	Product name.
PBX	Public Branch Exchange	traditional telephony system increasingly being replaced by VoIP solutions
PDA	Personnal Digital Assistant
PIM	Personal Information Management
PIN	Personal Identification Number
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure	Security realm using certificates.
PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol	PPTP is a protocol that encapsulates other protocols for transmission over an IP network. PPTP is also used to create a private network (VPN) within the public Internet. Remote users can access their corporate networks via any ISP that supports PPTP on its servers.
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAPI	Remote API	ActiveSync uses to connect to Windows CE/Mobile device.
RAS	Remote Access Service	RAS can be a Windows Server service or network device that allows remote users access to the network from their notebooks or desktops via analog modem or ISDN connection.
RIM	Research In Motion	Company that makes Blackberry devices and software.
RMS	Rights Management Services	For security on documents Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 is information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications such as the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use – both online and offline, inside and outside of the firewall. See also IRM
ROM	Read Only Memory
RTM	Release To Market	Term for releasing a product to the general market.
RTM	Release To Manufacturing	Microsoft talk for a released product. Usually used to discuss when a beta cycle ends and the product is ready for retail and full support.
RTW	Release To Web	Microsoft term for releasing software only to a web site, not shrinkedwrapped in a box.
S/MIME	Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
SA	Software Assurance	Complement to Microsoft licence contracts providing rights to receive updated versions and some service benefits
SCCM	System Center Configuration Manager	Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (new SMS name)
SCMDM	System Center Mobile Device Manager	Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (aka "Yona")
SCOM	System Center Operations Manager	Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 (new MOM name)
SDK	Software Development Kit
SI	System Intergrator
SID	Security Identifier	A Microsoft security identifier (SID) is a unique value of variable length that is used to identify a security principal or security group in Windows operating systems. Well-known SIDs are a group of SIDs that identify generic users or generic groups. Their values remain constant across all operating systems. See more here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243330
SIM	Subscriber Identity Module	Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is a small smart card which contains both programming and information. It can be moved from phone to phone. http://www.gsm-security.net/faq/subscriber-identity-module-sim.shtml
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SME	Subject Matter Expert
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer	Web security protocol.
SSP	Self Service Portal	A method where an end-user can access a system themselves to solve an issue/activity.
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol	TCP/IP is an network connection protocol. TCP provides transport functions, which ensures that the total amount of bytes sent is received correctly at the other end. UDP is an alternate transport that does not guarantee delivery. It is widely used for real-time voice and video transmissions where erroneous packets are not retransmitted. IP provides the routing mechanism. TCP/IP is a routable protocol, which means that all messages contain not only the address of the destination station, but the address of a destination network. This allows TCP/IP messages to be sent to multiple networks within an organization or around the world, hence its use in the worldwide Internet. Every client and server in a TCP/IP network requires an IP address, which is either permanently assigned or dynamically assigned at startup.
UDP	User Datagram Protocol	Stateless internet protocol.
URL	Uniform Resource Locator	Defines the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located. For example, the two URLs below point to two different files. The first specifies an executable file that should be fetched using the FTP protocol; the second specifies a Web page that should be fetched using the HTTP protocol: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/stuff.exe http://www.microsoft.com/default.htm
VPN	Virtual Private Network	VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a private network that is configured within a public network. This is also called a "tunnel". To connect to the Enterprise Mobile network via a VPN connection, first connect to the internet then tunnel into the Enterprise Mobile network.

A few more...

OMA     Outlook Mobile Access     A version of Outlook Web Access optimized for mobile devices (think WAP/WML markup). Feature removed from Exchange 2007.

WAP     Wireless Application Protocol     An open standard for wireless communication applications. Primarily refers to enabling Internet access on mobile phones or PDAs.

WML     Wireless Markup Language     XML-based markup language used with WAP-capable devices. Latest active WML spec: 1.3 

 

Also....

AUTD was removed from Exchange 2007 as a sync method.   

Sweet - thanks guys! Looks like we are soon going to be the Windows-Mobile-related acronym capital of the world...

Anyone thrilled with DTPT? That's ActiveSync's "Desktop Pass-through" mode where the device not only synchronizes data via USB connection to a computer, but it also gets Internet access courtesy of the computer's own Internet connection. Thus, a connected device's Messaging app can do e-mail and Internet Explorer Mobile can browse web pages courtesy of DTPT. DTPT can be denied if the right ports are not open, DTPT must use a point to point connection (no Internet Sharing), and you only use TCP/IP through DTPT not streaming data via UDP, you may find Layered Service Provider (LSP) configurations on a network kill DTPT... and there are other limitations.

I use this all the time at my desk, but never knew it had an acronym! Thanks for the tip. DTPT works great for me, because I work with several phones regularly, but dont have enough SIMS for all. With DTPT, I can stil connect to data services without having to constantly switch the SIMS. Cool.