What Does Exchange 2007 SP1 Really Mean To Windows Mobile Devices?
Not much.
I mean…sure, there are new management policies available to you with Exchange 2007 SP1. Jason has an awesome policy comparison chart here. Think of it, especially with Exchange Standard, as the “Essentials” version of Mobile Device Manager…
But both of them require something that, unless you happen to have your very own working Tardis…
You prolly can’t get your hands on yet anyway.
Which would be the all-important future version of Windows Mobile I’ve seen referenced here and about.
Based on the public info I’ve seen about Mobile Device Manager…
That future version is none other than Windows Mobile 6.1, which Boy Genius Report also managed to find, kinda like a winning lottery ticket, on a brand-spanking new Q9.
Supposedly, that 6.1 version should include MDM client-side functions in ROM. Although MDM info does mention a client available for deployment, if in-ROM support isn’t an option.
Similarly, Exchange 2007 SP1 support requires a future version of Windows Mobile.
Whether that’s 6.1, or something else, I can’t rightly say. And whether it can or must use a separate client-side agent…can’t say that either.
But the reality is, Exchange 2007 SP1 doesn’t do much of anything for wrangling Windows Mobile devices.
At least not yet it doesn’t…
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