Control smartphone usage with Exchange 2010 ActiveSync
Thanks to: http://www.techrepublic.com Exchange 2010 includes controls to help IT departments provide mobility services and enable automated methods by which user's devices are required to adhere to organizational policies. Users in Exchange-based organizations enjoy comprehensive built-in mobility via ActiveSync; however, even as users clamor for smartphones, IT needs to make sure that these services are used in ways that are consistent with organizational policies. Although some users believe that these policies can be constraining, the situation would be much worse if the mobile device were to create a major security incident. There are a variety of third party solutions to manage, monitor, and control mobile devices, but many organizations loathe spending a lot of money on these kinds of services and are most concerned with being able to simply control how devices interact with their systems. Exchange 2010 includes a number of administrative controls to help IT ...