October 27, 2007
Some Questions About Mobile Device Manager 2008
In case you missed the presentation last week on MDM by Jason Langridge AKA Mr. Mobile, here are a few things you might like to know…
- Mobile Device Manager = Enterprise-level
- Release Date = First half of 2008
- MDM support = Requires a management client, either included in a future release of WM or installed separately
Here are some questions I wanted to ask, to make sure my ears weren’t playing tricks on me…
- Since Jason announced a new version of Windows Mobile (which you can hear at the 20:24 mark of the replay) that includes the management client would be simultaneously available with the release of MDM, are we talking Photon, or something akin to WM 6.5 (which would prolly be more like WM 5.75)? Palm has already announced that the Treo 750 will be MDM-capable in the second half of 2008, but no idea if this will mean an installable MDM client, or a whole big ROM package. I only hope that doesn’t mean the long-promised, MUCH-delayed Treo 750 update to WM6 will be nixed until MDM support is included.
- Will MDM support System Center Essentials?
- What about OpenWave’s product with the exact same name? Did Redmond purchase this from OpenWave, or just shamelessly rip off the (albeit sucky) name?
- WSUS for application deployment? Really? Given its record of unreliability, inaccuracy, and all-around suckiness, I’m thinking WSUS is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad choice.
- How does MDM address the number one pain issue in EAS deployments? Namely, certificate support and deployment. Will this be yet another nail in the coffin of self-signed certs?
Stay tuned for the answers to these and other burning questions.
|| posted by chris under beta, business, it pro, mobility || comments (2) || ||
Chris, Glad you liked the web cast – in terms of your questions:
Unfortunately System Center Mobile Device Manager won’t support System Center Essentials
In terms of the name – it’s branded under our System Center banner.
For WSUS – WSUS is widely adopted by our business/enterprise customers. In MDM WSUS is being used for distribution of RAM based applications to Windows Mobile phones and offers rich targeting rules capabilities
In terms of certificates – MDM allows enterprises to control the certificate store of WM devices and deploy root certificates to the device.
Hope that helps
comment by Jason — November 1, 2007 @ 9:58 am
@ Jason…
Hey man, thanks muchly for the followup and clarification.
comment by chris — November 1, 2007 @ 10:05 am