Managing the Q in a corporate environment

[esteban]

We are going to evaluate the Q for our corporate use. I just got one for this purpose and exported our cert and installed on the q (sprint), so I have the sync working.

I have past experience managing blackberry in a corporate environment and am wondering how certain things would be done with a Q. The bb has something called a policy that can be pushed onto corporate devices. The policy regulates what can/cannot be done on the device as well as being able to remotely disable the device ect.

Does the Q have something similar for managing corporate deployment?

Thanks

[TreeFrog]

Maybe Pocket Controller Pro?

[igotaq]

Originally Posted by esteban

We are going to evaluate the Q for our corporate use. I just got one for this purpose and exported our cert and installed on the q (sprint), so I have the sync working.

I have past experience managing blackberry in a corporate environment and am wondering how certain things would be done with a Q. The bb has something called a policy that can be pushed onto corporate devices. The policy regulates what can/cannot be done on the device as well as being able to remotely disable the device ect.

Does the Q have something similar for managing corporate deployment?

Thanks

if you have SP2 on exchange. you can use some of these policies.
Go to Exchange System manager
Expand Global settings
Go to properties of Mobile services
you'll see a button called Device Security. This is where you can enforce policies.

For remote wipe and ect.. you can check out
Microsoft activesync web admin. tool

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by TreeFrog

Maybe Pocket Controller Pro?

fyi: PCP is nothing more (as if it's not enough) then a way to use the Q without touching it.. or to quote their web site:

View and control your mobile device using your desktop
computer screen, keyboard and mouse with Pocket Controller-Pro.

[TreeFrog]

Cool! It did look great. I think when I checked out your link to that site I must of wandered off...thought they had something along those lines, very spendy as I recall.

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by TreeFrog

Cool! It did look great. I think when I checked out your link to that site I must of wandered off...thought they had something along those lines, very spendy as I recall.

yep.... it's not one of the cheapest apps, plus not a extremely necessary one either, never the less neat :}

[esteban]

Thanks for your responses. I checked out the active sync webadmin tool. I just read that a problem with it is that when you initiate a remote wipe, the user has to accept the "enforce security policy" dialog. If they do not, then the device is still readable. This somewhat defeats the purpose if the device is being used illegally or stolen.

Hereis the link: http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...629/50629.html

I also was wondering how to get a list of the devices using my network. This tool requires that I know a username. I will want to make sure no devices are hooked up other than the ones I know about.


I also checked out the policies under Device security. At least it has some, but it seems rather limited compared to bb, most are just password requirements. The policies are global for every user (unless they are on the exception list). In other words, I cant have execs with one policy and other users with another. I dont see anything where I can disable the phone or specific features.

Again, I am trying to evaluate whether we should use the Q in our corporate environment, so centralized control is somewhat important. I am really interest in what other IT managers are doing if they allow the Q, and how they control it. I want to give it a fair shake against the BB.


Thanks

Originally Posted by igotaq

if you have SP2 on exchange. you can use some of these policies.
Go to Exchange System manager
Expand Global settings
Go to properties of Mobile services
you'll see a button called Device Security. This is where you can enforce policies.

For remote wipe and ect.. you can check out
Microsoft activesync web admin. tool

[esteban]

bump.

Any corporate it types out there managing deployments of Qs?

[init4theMoney]

Yes, I deploy about 40 devices at my Company.
We use Good. http://www.good.com/corp/index.php

Can wipe the device remotely, enable/disable apps. Push down apps.
Integrates great with our Exchange 2003 email.

Well received in the company.

Dave