Microsoft is rolling out new mobile device management (MDM) features as part of an update to Office 365, which offers broad protection for iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices.
Many businesses will not be able to support Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, which began shipping in the U.S. 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.
Galen Gruman | 09 Nov | Read more