Connecting smart phones to work with Exchange mail servers these days may seem standard fare. But that was not always the case.

I did not recommend iPhones to my SBS customers until version 3.0. And when one of my customers purchased a Droid back in 2010, I could not make it work reliably to their SBS 2008 server.

Solution? I ended up installing NitroDesk’s Touchdown software. Not only did it solve the reliability and connection issues, but it also provided better syncing of contacts, calendars and tasks. View a list of Touchdown features here.

Now comes word of a version of Touchdown for iOS. You can trial it free for 30 days. The cost of the software is $20US, and can be downloaded from Apple’s App store. I will be testing it myself in the next month and then post my review.

Note: Touchdown requires that your Exchange server supports the ActiveSync protocol.