Manage and secure your mobile devices
System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) 2008 is a comprehensive management solution that is designed to enable efficient control of Windows Mobile 6.1 devices and provide reliable, low-cost, and consistent manageability that works well with your existing Microsoft infrastructure, and helps enable more secure access to the corporate network. SCMDM adds mobile device management to the rest of your corporate asset management capabilities, giving you a single point of unified management for all corporate Windows Mobile 6.1 devices. SCMDM extends your management environment to mobile devices by delivering:
· Full integration with Active Directory. Mobile devices can be joined to Active Directory domains, and they can receive over 130 Group Policy settings so you can define user and device groups, and automatically apply consistent settings for mobile device usage.
· Self-service device provisioning and bootstrapping so that you can quickly set up new devices.
· Full inventory data for all enrolled devices in the enterprise in one console, including device model, make, and software updates deployed. SCMDM is designed to work well with existing Microsoft monitoring and reporting tools, with the ability to run robust reports based on SQL Server 2005.
· Rich software targeting capabilities so you can deploy targeted firmware and software updates. Software distribution is based on Microsoft’s proven and widely deployed WSUS 3.0 technology.
· Enterprise-level control over which applications may, and may not, be run on managed devices. SCMDM’s application allow and deny features empower you to decide which software applications and hardware features may run on which devices for productivity, compliance, or other reasons.