My traditional interpretation of Apple’s vision on how iOS devices are used is that everyone has an AppleID. That AppleID enables them to access their apps from any iOS device they own or Mac that they own. That AppleID enables them to access mail, contacts, calendars and even files through iCloud. That AppleID also allows users to remotely wipe their device through Find iPhone and track their friends iOS devices (as in social networking via breadcrumb tracking) through Find Friends. All of this “Just Works” in a consumer sense. And it even allows for a little sharing of content across devices you own. However, larger organizations need more. They need…
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iPhone + Locked Down Exchange
Some iPhones can have a problem with some Exchange servers due to the fact that they are not fully manageable using ActiveSync Policies. The New-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy commandlet is can be used with the -Name parameter to assign a name to the new ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy, which we’ll call iPhone. To allow devices that are not fully manageable to use ActiveSync, an ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy needs to be created where -AllowNonProvisionableDevices is set it to $true. For example, if we were to create such a policy and call it iPhone we would use the following command: New-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -Name iPhone -AllowNonProvisionableDevices $true
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VMware for Mobile Devices
I am one of those weird techies that just likes a phone that works. It seems like the more I do to my phone, the less it works. Therefore, I don’t do much to my phone at all any more. I guess VMware is trying to change that. You see, if I had a bunch of Virtual Machines on my phone then I would have infinitely more games to waste time playing while waiting in line at the bank (OK, so who goes to the bank any more – whatever), I would be able to test code and sites from multiple OS’s and I would be able to hack around…
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Google Mail adds ActiveSync
Exchange/iPhone users, you’ve finally gotten the Google hookup. ActiveSync has been added to the Google repertoire allowing gmail users to sync their contacts and calendars in the same fashion that Exchange and Kerio users can, although mail will still need to go through IMAP, which is fairly straight forward to configure. This means that Google Mail is finally in serious competition with a few other players in the messaging market. At this point, Google has finally knocked down one of the serious barriers I had with gmail adoption for companies. I am glad to see that they realize (and I’m sure have realized but just got the kinks worked out)…