Exchange Ideas - Daniel Kenyon-Smith : Windows Mobile

Exchange 2010 Q&A

danielke — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:43:47 GMT

please Join me at this event to talk about Exchange 2010, you can register here

E14 is coming!!

danielke — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:26:00 GMT

Take a look at the video from our lead Program Manager (Exchange product team) about the next release of Exchange called code name E14.

This is the 1^st version of Exchange that been written for Software as a Service SaS. At Microsoft we run we our own software in a dogfood environment to allow us to test our products. Since this release (as mentioned above) has been designed for SaS we’ve needed to scale the product above and beyond our internal infrastructure.

Universities are now running E14 on Exchange Labs which has allowed us to scale and test features of the product, which is running with 3.5 million users in over 15 organisations

The video gives you a little demo on:-

· Outlook Client

· OWA

· Outlook mobile

One of the real benefits is E14 is that it saves you money in these challenging financial times!

Still loads more to come, so stand by for more videos!

Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith

Session 3: Messaging – 3rd September 2008

danielke — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:51:00 GMT

MCS Talks

This session will build upon the core infrastructure services discussed in Session 2 but will focus on the decisions commonly faced by enterprises when deploying Exchange Server 2007. Some of the topics we'll cover will include how to approach the consolidation of services and infrastructure, and how to achieve high levels of resilience and availability with Exchange Server 2007. Focus will be given to datacentre resilience and how to control client access, message delivery and network bandwidth. With this in mind we will cover operating system choices for Exchange Server 2007 and how to protect your data with System Centre Data Protection Manager (DPM).

Written by Daniel Kenyon-smith

Windows Mobile 6.1 and Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM)

danielke — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:11:00 GMT

Microsoft released Windows mobile 6.1 on the 1^st April which is full of new enhancements, such as:

· Instant messaging-like texting - Messages are threaded together to allow you to track your conversations, this provides you access to the chain of discussions that have just taken place

· Improved Internet browsing – Adds the ability to easily view full-screen web pages and multimedia on the web

· Simpler e-mail and Bluetooth setup

· New Home screen interface

· New Getting Started Center

· Security enhancements – Mobile VPN access to Line Of Business Applications (LOB)

· Easier Wi-Fi connection

· More personal choice

To compare versions of Windows Mobile starting from 5.0 see the compatibility chart. Smartphones listed on Windows Mobile devices list all devices that can be updated with Windows Mobile 6.1, there is also a full listing of Windows Mobile phones.

To managed your windows Mobile 6.1 device you can use Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista (6.1 is only supported on Windows Vista) or you can use Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM) which provides a powerful management tool for your mobile devices. Using SCMDM 2008 you have control over and can centralised the management of over-the-air devices, set advanced policies, run inventory and reporting using Active Directory Group Policy (GPO).

SCMDM 2008 features:

· Over 130 GPO’s can be applied to user and device groups to allow your organisation to apply consistent settings across your enterprise devices

· Self-service device provisioning and bootstrapping can be used to setup new devices quickly

· Device Models, make and software updates that have been deployed for deivices can be determined in one central console (this information can be stored and retrieved from SQL 2005 databases)

· Deploy software and firmware updates

· Allows IPSec-based mobile VPN capabilities to access Line of business (LOB) applications to run on mobile devices such as SharePoint.

· Improved certificate support, allowing better certificate enrolment, support for wild card certificates and AES for SSL

· Allow or Restrict applications that can be run on devices in the enterprise

Speaking of applications that can be run on your mobile devices, see Microsoft Office Mobile to use applications such as Excel Mobile, Word Mobile and PowerPoint Mobile while on the move.

Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith