System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is a Microsoft technology that helps managed Windows Mobile powered devices work within the IT infrastructure of an organization as trusted and managed members of the enterprise. Microsoft system center mobile device manager 2008 provides a very good integration among the enterprise resources, that is not possible with other mobile platform. Other mobile platforms have many problems while accessing enterprise resources like security, management and accountability.

The Goal behind MDM is that enable Windows powered mobile devices to work with IT infrastructure of organizations as managed and authenticated members. Windows Mobile is platform is ideal platform for Microsoft to provide this solution because features provided by Windows Mobile platform are both manageable and protected.

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Features

Active Directory/Group Policy Domain Join
Mobile VPN with Dual Factor Authenticated Access
Communications and Camera Disablement with Active Directory Group Policy based Targeting
Application Allow and Deny
Device Encryption
OTA Device Provisioning and Bootstrapping
OTA Software Deployment
Device Inventory and Reporting
Helpdesk Console and Role-Based Administration
Device Wipe

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is a standards-based solution for integrating mobile and handheld devices as trusted and fully managed members of the enterprise with minimal affect on existing infrastructure. MDM is based on several open industry standards for mobile devices. By using these standards, MDM extends a company infrastructure with features to manage devices by using familiar tools and capabilities.

MDM is based on the following standards: