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Hi all,
I would like to discuss about the use of Universal with Windows Mobile 6 in professional life...
Could be the base system compliant with general security policy for firms?
Let me know what's your point of view...
mamiware said:
Hi all,
I would like to discuss about the use of Universal with Windows Mobile 6 in professional life...
Could be the base system compliant with general security policy for firms?
Let me know what's your point of view...
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All of the Windows Mobile 6 ROM's I have used fully support the security policy stuff that is enforced by Exchange when using the device for "Direct Push" email (for what its worth).
I have also found that if you add Blackberry software it works well enough with there policy software if that is your enterprises ‘thing’.
As for your unique company policy, only you and your IT guys can judge that. Just about EVERY company has a different view on what is important.
Support for Exchange policies, a few custom CABs and support for our device management tool mean that using Mobile 6 (or 5) in our enterprise is a non issue. Our only issue with the Universal is the fact that strictly speaking Mobile 6 is a licence violation on the device . Not the case with the Vox’s, TyTN2’s and other native Mobile 6 devices we have.
Your biggest hurdle is that most IT departments in any sizeable company are not going to let non company kit onto there networks, and for a lot of company’s that will extend to non approved software/ROM images etc. being banned.
I guess security enhancements with WM6 are not so... "strong".
As IT Security Integrator, i'm very waiting for Exchange 2007 SP1, that should enforce AS Policies even more than non-sp1 release.
I advise you and your IT Admin (i think they already did, though) to have a look to Exchange SP1 release notes.
There are literally hundreds of enterprise applications out there for management of mobile devices that support everything from symbian phones, to pda's, to windows mobile phone devices.
Some of the better ones are SOTI, Afaria, and Pointsec.
They give remote access to handle remote package management, as well as locking the device and access to applications by user, or user group too.
I thought he was talking about Activesync security policy.
Thank you for all replies...
But does Exchange 2003 store any information about your device? I'm thinking about Windows Mobile 6 Universal issue... And what about contacting Microsoft to buy a license upgrade (without any software delivery from them)?
I'm confused: what do you mean with "But does Exchange 2003 store any information about your device? I'm thinking about Windows Mobile 6 Universal issue... "
If you're talking about ROM Upgrades to Crossbow and license issue, well it's just a lack of support from Manufacturers. Afaik microsoft is providing WM6 license upgrade for free, but providing customers with WM6 rom on old devices would mean no market for new devices. Microsoft ships upgrades to OEM only however.. Not to final customers.
However Exchange 2003/2007 should not store any information regarding devices. I mean, any information relevant. It recognize the device assigning it a unique Idetifier at first synch (SID). I could have a deep look about that with exchange 2007, though. Just tell me what you're looking for.
Ok... If Microsoft is providing WM6 license upgrade for free... why cooked ROM are not so... "legal"?
My problem is: I would like to use my device in my professional life... and I would like to use it the best way I can! This means I need WM6... The problem is that HTC does not provide an official upgrade, but we know that we can develop our ROM... So... How can I legally install my WM6 cooked ROM on Universal? Should I buy some license from someone? Or I can simply flash my device with my ROM and run it without caring about Microsoft license because the upgrade is free?
What about the SD-card encoding "thing"? It should be compliant with any security policy, provided you only lose the card, not the whole device, since in that case, the card can't be read, right?
Yeah... The SD encoding it's fine for policies but... the question is... the encryption key is store in the device (and is deleted with an hardreset) or is created from some device hardcode data? To answer this question we can only try to encode-hardreset-access data... and see if we can still read sd files... (i'll try next weekend)
Anyway... another issue is... how encrypt all data store in device memory? is there any good (light and clean) plugin (driver or application) that can encrypt all the contacts and calendar and, above all, exchange login details?
new symantec mobile suite 5 should do that and make device super-compliat to most (all?) enterprise policy... i'd like to buy it but I do not find any way to place order through the internet!
mamiware said:
Yeah... The SD encoding it's fine for policies but... the question is... the encryption key is store in the device (and is deleted with an hardreset) or is created from some device hardcode data? To answer this question we can only try to encode-hardreset-access data... and see if we can still read sd files... (i'll try next weekend)
Anyway... another issue is... how encrypt all data store in device memory? is there any good (light and clean) plugin (driver or application) that can encrypt all the contacts and calendar and, above all, exchange login details?
new symantec mobile suite 5 should do that and make device super-compliat to most (all?) enterprise policy... i'd like to buy it but I do not find any way to place order through the internet!
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Hi,
You could change shell paths so that all user data is stored on the SD.
Although I have not tried it, I believe it's simple enough to move all databases to the SD Card.
Cheers,
Beasty
Having used Windows mobile devices for many years and being used to adding various apps as and when required, I could do with a little advice.
I'll be taking delivery of my Vodafone Magic tomorrow and need to add Exchange 2003 ActiveSync, I'm aware there are few different apps available, free and chargeable. Having read various posts HTC have developed their own Exchange sync that's included in a number of custom ROM's. I don't want to update the ROM (for various reasons...it's my wife's Magic ) and would like advice as to where to get hold of the HTC Exchange sync app, does it work with the Magic, and any installation guides.
In advance, thanks for any help.
Touch down, not free.
Mytouch mail app,free, but I don't know if it willl work on unrooted magics.
I've got an Exchange app I found on Tinternet, I think its a version of the HTC app made for a standard Magic. if you PM me your email addy I can email you the apk, then you can install it with package installer. Works great for me.
Use roadsync, avaliable on the marketplace
moxier mail is the absolute best i have found... easiest to use and sync...
forget "apps"
If I'm known for anything in the Android community so far, it's because of my hunt for "full" Exchange support. That doesn't mean I can't be wrong, but i'm 95% sure of the following.
There are NO free apps that will do what you seek.
Any single Android app that will get you exchange support, won't fully integrate into your rom which will make it a bit painful.
You can use "cloud" or desktop apps that will maintain synchronization between your gmail account and your exchange account, but there are little caveats like the fact that outgoing mail will originate from your gmail account unless you subscribe to gapps Premium.
There is ONE application that you can run on your desktop that will basically get this done. It's called Semaphore, but it's ~$100/mailbox/year.
The BEST way to get Exchange support so far is to use an HTC based ROM. Some ROMs are branded Google and don't include the HTC framework or their closed-source binaries. Others (like HERO ROMs and the Rogers roms) DO include the framework and FULL Exchange support (Contacts, Calendar, and EMail anyway, no Tasks).
That said, if you're running a Sapphire, I highly suggest you check out Rogers 1.6 (title may still be 1.5). This is a very fast, complete, stable ROM. If you don't mind the performance hit, or have a more powerful handset, use a HERO ROM.
I have spent DAYS coming to this conclusion and for perspective; I'm an Active Directory (up through Server 2008) / Exchange (up through ES2003) administrator and I'm current on .Net winforms and ASP.Net development.
rainabba said:
If I'm known for anything in the Android community so far, it's because of my hunt for "full" Exchange support. That doesn't mean I can't be wrong, but i'm 95% sure of the following.
There are NO free apps that will do what you seek.
Any single Android app that will get you exchange support, won't fully integrate into your rom which will make it a bit painful.
You can use "cloud" or desktop apps that will maintain synchronization between your gmail account and your exchange account, but there are little caveats like the fact that outgoing mail will originate from your gmail account unless you subscribe to gapps Premium.
There is ONE application that you can run on your desktop that will basically get this done. It's called Semaphore, but it's ~$100/mailbox/year.
The BEST way to get Exchange support so far is to use an HTC based ROM. Some ROMs are branded Google and don't include the HTC framework or their closed-source binaries. Others (like HERO ROMs and the Rogers roms) DO include the framework and FULL Exchange support (Contacts, Calendar, and EMail anyway, no Tasks).
That said, if you're running a Sapphire, I highly suggest you check out Rogers 1.6 (title may still be 1.5). This is a very fast, complete, stable ROM. If you don't mind the performance hit, or have a more powerful handset, use a HERO ROM.
I have spent DAYS coming to this conclusion and for perspective; I'm an Active Directory (up through Server 2008) / Exchange (up through ES2003) administrator and I'm current on .Net winforms and ASP.Net development.
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Thanks for the update, I received my unit today and installed Touchdown but didn't like it, having used Roadsync I've installed this and it's OK but is missing Notes & Tasks sync but other functionallity is OK.
I think you are correct, having read many posts there doesn't seem to be a perfect solution, I may look at alternative ROM's but the Magic is fo my wife who isn't a fan of things changing so I'm likely to leave 'as is'
rainabba said:
If I'm known for anything in the Android community so far, it's because of my hunt for "full" Exchange support. That doesn't mean I can't be wrong, but i'm 95% sure of the following.
There are NO free apps that will do what you seek.
Any single Android app that will get you exchange support, won't fully integrate into your rom which will make it a bit painful.
You can use "cloud" or desktop apps that will maintain synchronization between your gmail account and your exchange account, but there are little caveats like the fact that outgoing mail will originate from your gmail account unless you subscribe to gapps Premium.
There is ONE application that you can run on your desktop that will basically get this done. It's called Semaphore, but it's ~$100/mailbox/year.
The BEST way to get Exchange support so far is to use an HTC based ROM. Some ROMs are branded Google and don't include the HTC framework or their closed-source binaries. Others (like HERO ROMs and the Rogers roms) DO include the framework and FULL Exchange support (Contacts, Calendar, and EMail anyway, no Tasks).
That said, if you're running a Sapphire, I highly suggest you check out Rogers 1.6 (title may still be 1.5). This is a very fast, complete, stable ROM. If you don't mind the performance hit, or have a more powerful handset, use a HERO ROM.
I have spent DAYS coming to this conclusion and for perspective; I'm an Active Directory (up through Server 2008) / Exchange (up through ES2003) administrator and I'm current on .Net winforms and ASP.Net development.
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I have problems with remote provisioning and the htc app due to our company's exchange set-up. Touchdown seems to get round this by forcing me to enter a pin each time i want to use it.
Don't know if anyone else has solved this problem?
rainabba said:
If I'm known for anything in the Android community so far, it's because of my hunt for "full" Exchange support. That doesn't mean I can't be wrong, but i'm 95% sure of the following.
There are NO free apps that will do what you seek.
Any single Android app that will get you exchange support, won't fully integrate into your rom which will make it a bit painful.
You can use "cloud" or desktop apps that will maintain synchronization between your gmail account and your exchange account, but there are little caveats like the fact that outgoing mail will originate from your gmail account unless you subscribe to gapps Premium.
There is ONE application that you can run on your desktop that will basically get this done. It's called Semaphore, but it's ~$100/mailbox/year.
The BEST way to get Exchange support so far is to use an HTC based ROM. Some ROMs are branded Google and don't include the HTC framework or their closed-source binaries. Others (like HERO ROMs and the Rogers roms) DO include the framework and FULL Exchange support (Contacts, Calendar, and EMail anyway, no Tasks).
That said, if you're running a Sapphire, I highly suggest you check out Rogers 1.6 (title may still be 1.5). This is a very fast, complete, stable ROM. If you don't mind the performance hit, or have a more powerful handset, use a HERO ROM.
I have spent DAYS coming to this conclusion and for perspective; I'm an Active Directory (up through Server 2008) / Exchange (up through ES2003) administrator and I'm current on .Net winforms and ASP.Net development.
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I have problems with remote provisioning and the htc app due to our company's exchange set-up. Touchdown seems to get round this by forcing me to enter a pin each time i want to use it.
Don't know if anyone else has solved this problem?
Uhm... doesn't Vodafone have Exchange support built into their ROM's? are you in the UK?
I believe it's only the people in the US (and maybe some other countries) who gets screwed over with the non-exchange/HTC builds with the crap "google" experience.
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Uhm... doesn't Vodafone have Exchange support built into their ROM's? are you in the UK?
I believe it's only the people in the US (and maybe some other countries) who gets screwed over with the non-exchange/HTC builds with the crap "google" experience.
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nope.
as far as i'm aware, all "google experience" phones come sans exchange sync.
looktall said:
nope.
as far as i'm aware, all "google experience" phones come sans exchange sync.
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Which really sucks, since they expect you to get the mail/calendar/etc into your phone by synchronizing it with Google. Are they crazy!? Very few companies would let you upload emails/appointment requests/attachments with confidential information to a third party...
Ive not played with the emulator, but do we know if phone 7 will have a working VPN client this time?
No, there won't be VPN support built in. You can't expect it from third parties either because socket manipulation APIs are missing.
It will come later but no time frame is known.
Thanks for a answer on this.
It does seam crazy that MS are pulling things out that people have wanted working for years.
Yet its a basic option in win7 desktops.
They aren't really pulling things out they just haven't been able to put it in yet. All these things will come and when they do it will be done in a good way and not just a thrown in feature. Give it some time.
I use Astrill VPN services since i live in china and facebook & youube are blocked here
I wrote a mail to Astrill support asking them if they would offer a service for WP7 and they replied:
"If windows 7 phones support L2TP\IPSec.
You will be able to use our service with it."
does windows phone 7 support L2TP\IPSec??
Hello,
Any news regarding VPN on Windows Phone 7 ?
I need it to connect with my company email adress.
I would be grateful for any help
As I know there is no option to install any VPN app which works on WP 6.5 ?
Back in January there was a report which said Windows Mobile 7 Business to be released in 2010. And WM7 Media to be released in 2011.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187178/windows_mobile_7_to_get_two_versions_report_says.html
The report was wrong. However, I cannot imagine that Windows Phone would not have VPN, Sockets, IP Sec, IE9 Mobile, voice satnav etc by September 2011The one thing I don't expect is full multitasking of third party apps.
Windows Phone is aimed at people who don't want to deal with geeky stuff. They want something easy to use and which covers all the basics. And which is beautiful and has beautiful apps. WP is influenced by iOS but is actually competing with Android. WP is a much better choice than Android for the none geek. Which is 98.0% of humanity.
Ogner said:
Back in January there was a report which said Windows Mobile 7 Business to be released in 2010. And WM7 Media to be released in 2011.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187178/windows_mobile_7_to_get_two_versions_report_says.html
The report was wrong. However, I cannot imagine that Windows Phone would not have VPN, Sockets, IP Sec, IE9 Mobile, voice satnav etc by September 2011The one thing I don't expect is full multitasking of third party apps.
Windows Phone is aimed at people who don't want to deal with geeky stuff. They want something easy to use and which covers all the basics. And which is beautiful and has beautiful apps. WP is influenced by iOS but is actually competing with Android. WP is a much better choice than Android for the none geek. Which is 98.0% of humanity.
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So all this issues that have been filed with MS answers support forum (or whatever it is called) is coming from Android users?
You gotta be living in Ballmer's ass thinking that.
has any one read anything about VPN support in the meanwhile?
it's the only thing that i miss on my phone at the moment... well and VOIP would be nice
from all the things I have read, it seems vpn is still missing from winpho7.
I also live in China and need a vpn. I bought an HD7 and felt sad when I had to return it a few days later. It is a beautiful os, but not at all good for foreigners in China.
-Caid.
Totally agree! VPN us important and Skype is also missing... I found though that is not that tragic with the mango update coming in the end of the year all the problems should be solved
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The Skype part missing will be fixed. I have not seen anything official on missing VPN being addressed.
It would be nice to have VPN support but it is apparent that WP7 is getting better with time.
htc hd7 on china T_T
Caid444 said:
from all the things I have read, it seems vpn is still missing from winpho7.
I also live in China and need a vpn. I bought an HD7 and felt sad when I had to return it a few days later. It is a beautiful os, but not at all good for foreigners in China.
-Caid.
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:: like me... T_T am a foreigner in china and just bought mah win7 htc hd7 but it seems useless since i can't even access fb and tweeter on mah fone (( even multimsgr for win7 not applicable for mah fone..
anyone knows whether MANGO will support VPN?
I read in a website that there is still no VPN support - can this be??
If there's no VPN support when the official update arrives, whether it is app-based or built-in, I'll need to buy another phone. VPN is essential to log in to our universitys network.
I suppose microsoft does not want our private data tunneled. All must go through their servers...
vpn probably won't come until the update after mango.. supposedly that release will be more focused on enterprise features.. I'd be surprised if vpn is missing from that list.
most of iranians people Do not buy Windows Phone 7 devices.. because our stupid islamic goverment Filterd many websites.. facebook. twitter... youtube... g+ ... and many other sites...
so we need VPN function... all OSs have VPN... android ... wm6.5 ... iphone ... and blabla...
i dont know why windows phone 7 dont have VPN !!! it is very ridiculous
Hello Yep you are absolutely right in saying if there is no VPN why would organizations use it for their email. But there is more to it,
Organizations won;t use it for their email/
They won't recommend their employees to have Windows Phone 7 Smartphones as they won't be able to have secure remote access with out VPN.
Netizens in Censored Countries won't use it as it won't allow them to bypass censorship
Heavy Hotspot users won;t use Windows Phone 7 as they can't VPN for secure WiFi Sessions.
And there is a lot more if they don't support VPN.
I wonder why they haven't decided to roll out the update with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. This will fail the product in corporate and Privacy Oriented Users for sure.
http://www.bestvpnservice.com/blog/why-need-vpn-on-windows-phone-7-5-mango
I really love my Android phone, but I also love the WP7 interface and I think it has great potential, especially after Mango has been released.
Since I am on Verizon, I am possibly looking to get the HTC Trophy, but I wanted to first ask some questions I hope you all can answer. I apologize in advance if some of these are stupid questions, but any help you all can provide would be greatly appreciated.
1) Is there a good Remote Desktop app for WP7 that uses native Remote Desktop functionality? i.e., I don't want to have to install a VNC-type server on my machine for it to connect to. I also want to be able to set the machine resolution, much like the Windows-desktop based RD application
2) Microsoft Exchange app - the native Android mail app sucks, so I purchased Touchdown for Exchange, which is a MUCH better MS Exchange client. Does WP7 have something similar? Or, is their native Exchange mail app good? (I want to be able to view HTML emails, and if possible, send HTML emails)
3) Flash- I know Flash is currently not supported. From what I read, Mango was supposed to bring Flash to the platform, but I see that it isn't the case. Will Flash ever be supported? Or, is there a way to hack the phone so that we could add support for Flash?
4) Sideloading apps - Android allows to sideload apps without unlocking/rooting the phone. Can this be done with WP7, or do we have to unlock/jailbreak the phone first? I read somewhere that up to 10 apps can be sideloaded... any info on this would be great.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
1) There is only 1 at the moment and it's called Remote Desktop and it's a little pricey at $5.99. There's only a few reviews on it so far but people seem to like it.
2) The default email client is excellent and can view html emails with no problems at all. There isn't any rich text editing when composing an email.
3) We can only guess but I don't see it happening. I don't know of any browser that supports flash and hacking IE9 to support it is extremely unlikely. Perhaps one day it will happen but don't expect it any time soon.
4) You have to dev unlock the phone to sideload apps. There are free methods or the official method by paying Microsoft $99 for a dev account.
So annoying, I am the only person at work with a winphone 7, I previously had an HTC touch pro 2 and a company PDA both running win 6.5.3 which sych great with the corporate exchange server
Everyone else has iphones, nokias, android phones and blackberrys....I have a brand spanking new TITAN with the latest Mango update and I am the only one that cant synch with exchange server, I get ERROR 8501005 and some guff about security policies, but every other phone of any brand running anything but phone 7 works fine
I have 2 days before I just take it back for a refund, I have no access to the server and cant expect IT dept to change anything just for me
Any ideas ?....its ironic that the only OS that doesnt synch with microsoft exchange is microsoft phone 7
You may want to try:
h**p://bringthewine.syrupie.com/
did you try installing the exchange certificates and rebooting the phone?
Here's a full list of EAS Exchange policies that WP7 supports:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...7-clients.aspx
If your IT department uses ones not on that list, your device won't be able to connect, so best show the above article to your IT Department
Thanks for the suggestion, your link is displayed with some charecters missing on my browser so I havent been able to look at that doc, but how and where do I get security certs from and how do I install them on the phone ?
I think that it is something to do with the fact that our security policy enforces encryption and a password, I think its the encryption that WP7 doesnt support
Mobile 6.x.x ix OK though so this phone is no use to me, I will swap it for an i-Phone
Found the answer, the phone is no use to me
Its the on device encrption that is not supported that is my problem, heres an article that explains it
"Many businesses will not be able to support Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, which began shipping in the United States today. Like the competing Google Android, Windows Phone 7 does not support on-device encryption to protect data stored on it. Many businesses require such encryption to be able to access corporate data through EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) policies and automatically block connections from devices that don't support device-level encryption.
Users will get the error code 85010013/15 when trying to sync their email on a Windows Phone 7 device, rather than an English description of the problem. Microsoft's support forum confirms the lack of on-device encryption support"
I have the same problem, an the answere from the IT department is:
Windows phone 7.5 exchange synchronization doesn't work.
And with an organisation of more than 10.000 emploees I don't think I (as an consultant) will be able to change their view on his.....
There has to be a way to bypass this ?
Maybe we can change som regestry setting to fool the Exchange server that the phone is an iPhone or another compatible phone ?
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I have the same problem, an the answere from the IT department is:
Windows phone 7.5 exchange synchronization doesn't work.
And with an organisation of more than 10.000 emploees I don't think I (as an consultant) will be able to change their view on his.....
There has to be a way to bypass this ?
Maybe we can change som regestry setting to fool the Exchange server that the phone is an iPhone or another compatible phone ?
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If your company is using EAS 2007 or newer WP7.5 should work. But if you are using EAS2003 SP2 WP7.5 seems to have broke working with that. There is no registry hack I am aware of to fix this as it is the actual program in the phone.
NoDo works fine which makes this even more frustrating. And yes, it is amazing WP7.5 is the only phone OS out there that does not work well with EAS2003SP2 but I am guessing MS doesn't care much as they want corporations upgrading their EAS servers.