ActiveSync's missing pieces lie in System Center Mobile Device Manager

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Microsoft beefs up ActiveSync, releases SCMDM to compete with mobile giant BlackBerry
TAGS: Mobile Devices


Microsoft's release of ActiveSync policies in the Exchange RTM was a very mild effort: a mere 16 policy settings to allow admins to control mobile devices connected to an Exchange environment. Those policies received a boost with the release of Service Pack 1 and now there are 27 settings for Standard CAL and 43 for Enterprise. This may seem like a giant leap, surely a competitive jump for Microsoft to now go head-to-head with BlackBerry IT policies -- but that isn't quite the case.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution offers roughly 400 policy settings -- 400!

One might think Microsoft was sleeping at the wheel by not releasing even more with ActiveSync in SP1. But Redmond released a new product instead: System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008. SCMDM is part of the System Center product line, which is increasingly becoming a formidable set of tools that includes backup-recovery solutions; it also continues SC Operations Management 2007.
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