Provisioning From a Desktop Computer Using Remote API and ActiveSync

  • Article

4/8/2010

If the Windows Mobile device is cradled to the desktop computer, the device can be provisioned by means of the desktop configuration tool Rapiconfig.exe. Either the mobile operator or the corporate manager can use this method to configure the device.

Note

Bootstrapping a Windows Mobile device using RAPI is disabled by default. For more information, see Enabling Remote API (RAPI) Bootstrapping.

Rapiconfig.exe is located in the tools directory of the Windows Mobile Professional SDK and Windows Mobile Standard SDK. For more information about using this tool, type rapiconfig /? at the command line.

  • Benefits   
    Using this method, the mobile operator is not required to preconfigure the device at the manufacturer or to provide an OTA framework that supports WAP push and the WAP Provisioning Bootstrap requirement.
  • Drawbacks   
    The device must be cradled.

For more information, see Adding XML by using ActiveSync.

See Also

Tasks

Adding XML by using ActiveSync
Adding XML by using the Desktop Configuration Tool

Concepts

Options for Delivering Provisioning XML Files