Marco Nielsen at myITforum.com

Enterprise management and support of Windows Mobile Devices the way you like it!

June 2008 - Posts

Job opening for Mobility Consultant

The company I work for, Enterprise Mobile, is hiring! If you know someone you might be a good fit please forward this on and see the links below!  Much appreciated!

Description:
Reporting to the Regional Director, Professional Services, the Mobility Consultant will consult with customers on mobility strategy, making recommendations and suggestions.
Specific responsibilities:
- Delivering strategy workshops across a range of enterprise mobility related topics.
- Troubleshooting specific technical problems related to mobility infrastructure.
- Designing mobility architectures for enterprises.
- Delivering proposals related to mobility issues such as security, device management, etc.
- Either doing or providing technical leadership to technical staff doing hands-on work associated with any or all of the above.

For more details on requirements and qualifications, and to apply please go here:
http://www.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=10064
http://www.enterprisemobile.com/careers/overview.htm

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New Technical Articles for Mobile Device Manager on TechNet!

Several new support documents have now been posted to TechNet before TechEd this week to further support enterprise installations of SCMDM. Check them out!

Configuring External and Internal Firewalls in Mobile Device Manager

Describes how to configure external and internal firewalls to permit MDM to function.

Deploying Mobile Device Manager in a Global Enterprise Environment

Helps you address the decisions and activities that are critical to successfully integrate MDM into a larger, more complex, or geographically dispersed enterprise environment.

Integrating Mobile Device Manager with Microsoft Exchange Server

Helps you address the decisions and activities that are critical to successfully integrate MDM and Microsoft Exchange Server.

Integrating Mobile Device Manager with Existing Web Sites or SharePoint Server

Helps you integrate MDM with existing Web sites or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server portals for Windows Mobile 6.1 access.

Using WM 6.1 Images on the Device Emulator with MDM

Provides instructions for using the Windows Mobile 6.1 Device Emulator images to configure and test your MDM system.

New entry on June 19, 2008:

Using Wi-Fi with Mobile Device Manager

Helps you plan and deploy your wireless infrastructure using SCMDM 2008. Includes best practices and guidelines for a secure and reliable wireless architecture.

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Evolution of mobile phones 1985-Today

Can't help think back in time when phones were literally a different "beast" than today.. This gives a nice recap, enjoy!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5a_1211301449

“Who hasn't rummaged through their pants pocket or purse looking for their ultra-sleek, super-tiny cell phone and longed for a return to the days when using a mobile phone meant lugging around a 2-pound battery pack and holding a brick to your face?

This three-minute video takes us on a nostalgic trip back to the early days of cell phones. Watch a 1985 Motorola DynaTAC morph into an Apple iPhone, with about three dozen cell models squeezed in between. The video even provides a glimpse of the cell phones of the future.”

BTW, I even found a company that is selling "vintage mobile phones" now: http://www.retrobrick.com :-)

Update July 14, 2008:

Chris Saint Amant forwarded me this nice graphic: http://www.newlaunches.com/entry_images/1107/12/nokia_timeline.jpg

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Posted: Jun 10 2008, 10:30 AM by mnielsen | with no comments
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Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM Updates are here!

In case you have missed the news so far the last week or so.. Things are slowly starting to pick up with all the promised upgrades for specific models announced in October 2007 and April 2008:

Sprint Motorola Q9c:
http://www.everythingq.com/news/software/motorola-releases-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrade-for-sprint-moto-q-9c-20080603298/

HTC TyTN II:
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/24/htc-gets-official-with-windows-mobile-professional-61-update-for-htc-tytn-ii-kaiser.html

Which means the official AT&T upgrades should be around the corner as well you would think... :-)

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Posted: Jun 05 2008, 12:24 AM by mnielsen | with no comments
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New Free SCMDM Tools

A few great new tools now available for download from http://tools.enterprisemobile.com!

These new tools can really be useful when trying to use and troubleshoot your SCMDM 2008 installation. Check them out and feel free to give me some feedback on how they could be made even better!

GUI CAB Signing Utility

This utility provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for signing CAB files (files used for installing software on WM devices) in order to easily creates secure mobile deployment. Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager requires each software distribution to be digitally signed, which may be a challenge for the Mobile Administrator using existing process and procedures. The utility makes the signature step super easy and simple.

GUI CAB Signer Utility provides:

· Graphical User Interface for CAB signing for easier and simpler process

· Enables faster deployment through visual verification of certificate

· Can be installed on any PC running Windows XP or Vista

Windows Mobile IP Utility

This utility combines basic troubleshooting tools commonly available on the desktop and widely used by IT Staff and Administrators (ping, traceroute, ipconfig) with some more advance capabilities (ping sweep, speed test) into one package that is compatible with WM 5, WM 6 and WM 6.1.

Windows Mobile IP Utility enables easy troubleshooting of connectivity on Windows Mobile devices, enables and eases out troubleshooting of Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager VPN connections and even enables troubleshooting of PCs connected to the same network as the WM device i.e. WiFi network.

Windows Mobile IP Utility provides:

· IPCONFIG for all adapters on the Windows Mobile device

· PING to any host or destination

· PING SWEEP of multiple hosts within the specified range

· Traceroute to any host or destination

· Speed Test to check your connection speed and performance

· Is compatible with WM 5, WM 6 and WM 6.1 devices

· Requires .NET CF 2.0 (additional install for WM 5 devices, in ROM for WM 6 and later) 

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