Device Management

As the power and capability of mobile devices increase, a growing number of information workers are using mobile devices as an alternate means of getting work done when they are away from the office. While many mobile devices find their way into the network as part of a planned corporate deployment, workers often use personal mobile devices to check email, store contact data, access files, and more, which exposes organizations to greater security risks.

Managing and tracking the proliferation of mobile devices in the enterprise is a challenge to most IT organizations. Further complicating matters is the fact that the mobile devices found in today’s IT infrastructures extend beyond smart handheld devices such as PDAs and Smartphones. Many companies have critical line-of-business applications running on embedded devices, such as point-of-sale terminals and hand-held product scanners.

With System Center Configuration Manager, you get the tools you need to be firmly in control of the mobile devices in your enterprise. With robust capabilities designed for Windows Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, and Windows CE, you can assess, deploy, and update the mobile devices in your enterprise over the corporate network or over the Internet. What’s more, an extensive partner network allows Configuration Manager’s capabilities to extend to non-Windows devices.