Download iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0 for Mac and Windows

I've been searching for several days for information on how to use the iphone configuration utility. Everyone says it's so easy to synch an iphone to exchange, but so far the only easy solution I've found is to pay some consultant $175 to solve the problem. I've exausted every tip and bit of advice found through google searches, but nothing so far has worked.

The configuration utility is the single worst piece of software I've ever seen presented to corporate users. It has no help, no examples, no discription of what the cryptic text boxes are really asking for.

What, for example, do they mean by activesynch host? Do they mean the url of the exchange server, the exchange server name, or what. Where is the place to put in the url? What if the server uses pop3 for normal mail pickup, but is configured to use SNTP for secure connections. The iPhone uses secure protocols, right? There's nothing in the instructions that mention ports 25 and 80, right?

So our email address points to our ISP's server, but our secure ports are available for the iPhone. this should work, right? So how do you configure the iPhone and how do you use the configuration utility?

And why does Apple suggest buying a certificate if it has the ability to load a self-signed certificate? Why alle the confusion and misdirection over this?

"activesync host" is exactly that - the host machine that has activesync installed on it.

I'm assuming you're not the network administrator. If you are, quit your day job.