System Center Mobile Device Manager

System Center Mobile Device Manager (formerly Mobile Device Manager 2008 ) is a software solution from Microsoft for the mobile device management and software distribution to mobile phones and PDAs based on Windows Mobile, can manage a larger number of such devices with the company.

The SCMDM integrated mobile devices such as PDAs and smart phones in the Microsoft Active Directory, the directory service from Microsoft. There, the user of the mobile devices are managed. The software supports mobile devices based on Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 6.1.

For MDM system include a device management server, an enrollment server and a gateway server. It is the gateway server in the DMZ, while the other servers are located in the corporate network itself. There are also solutions in which the gateway server is also in the corporate network. However, these are considered to be not so sure.

Operation

To authenticate a device to send an " enrollment password" for this device must be created. This password is only a single time required when the device is trying to login for the first time on the corporate network. These should be entered in the device the e -mail address of the company. It will then be searched via the domain name for the server. For example, at the address: john.doe @ musterfirmenurl.de after the domain " musterfirmenurl.de " sought.

Once a device has been authenticated to the Management Console, it can connect to the wireless network or via Wi -Fi with the gateway server. This VPN connection represents an end-to -end connection, wherein the data stream is encrypted in the tunnel with the IPSec protocol. From the mobile device, the user can at any time (if it is in the radio network ) with the corporate domain connect. The permissions for the user to put on Organisational Units and GPOs, the administrator in Active Directory.

Advantages and Disadvantages

A major advantage is the ability to centrally manage smartphones through the Active Directory and the MDM Management Console. Since these management solution is very extensive, it is a little to small and medium-sized enterprises.