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Microsoft: Your company can disable features on your Windows Mobile device
No, MSCMDM (how's that for an acronym) is aimed at IT administrators who need to monitor and control a large group of Windows Mobile devices at the same time. You know how when you take a laptop from work it's got all sorts of restrictions on it? That's what this does, but for Windows Mobile 6 devices.
In other words, if you get a work-issued PDA there's a good chance it won't work the way you want it to. Your camera might not function, or instant messaging clients might be disabled. Your company will also be able ot set up different policies for different sets of Windows Mobile devices.
On the up side, the software will also support secure VPN connections, allowing you to login to your corporate network from the field to access sensitive documents hidden away behind a firewall. Just don't let your phone fall into the wrong hands -- although we're sure Microsoft is working on a way to let IT admins self-destruct lost phones remotely.
Update: Microsoft's System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 web page is live.
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Donald said 5:05PM on 10-23-2007
For some reason, I can't see this causing companies to move en masse to Windows Mobile from BlackBerry and the Enterprise Server setup...
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Jared said 3:44PM on 10-23-2007
With this tool, administrators can remotely "wipe" a phone to a clean OS so, yeah, its not self-destruct but at least it protects the data.
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RJD said 8:53PM on 10-24-2007
>Just don't let your phone fall into the wrong hands -- although we're sure Microsoft is working on a way to let IT admins self-destruct lost phones remotely.
This feature already exists with Exchange 2003 and Windows Mobile 5. If you lose a phone, IT admins can wipe it clean back to factory settings (except for the data on an SD card).
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JT said 10:50PM on 11-28-2007
Anybody figured out how to re-enable the camera function if it has been disabled by the administrator?
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