Setting up iPhone for BPOS email
I suspect I am not the only on to have been seduced by the ’shiny shiny’ ** – Setting things up on the iPhone is actually pretty simple, the hardest part was finding the server URL 
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Server URL for EMEA: red002.mail.emea.microsoftonline.com
I suspect you can guess the one for the USA, but to be sure you can get this by going to Accounts in Outlook, select your BPOS account and choose Change.
You will see a screen similar to this, and you will see that the Microsoft Exchange server is pointing to a local server – this is how they get the single sign on to work.
Click on More Settings -> Choose the Connection Tab -> Click on the Exchange Proxy Settings.
This will show you the actual server URL that you will need to use on the iPhone.
On the iPhone
Choose Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account.
Select Microsoft Exchange (if you already have one setup you will need to delete it first as you can only connect to one exchange account).
Enter your email address, the username is also the email address and your password. No need to enter a domain so leave it blank.
Click next and accept the certificate error.
Enter the server name (see above), excluding the https:// prefix
Click next and the account should be verified and you are good to go.
One of the great things about BPOS is that ActiveSync is included by default on all accounts, previously I had to pay an additional fee for every account.
** Frankie Boyle – Look at the Shiny Shiny (Please note Frankie Boyle is likely to offend)
