This document provides Information Technology (IT) professionals with the procedures to manage Windows Mobile devices and servers in Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008. It also provides recommendations and best practices for both MDM server and mobile client operation.
This guide assumes that you have a general understanding of the following:
- Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 platforms
- Domain controllers
- Global catalog servers
- Active Directory® Domain Services
- Group Policy management
- Virtual private networks (VPNs)
- Network protocols
- Services such as Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Microsoft Internet Information
Service 6.0 (IIS), certificates, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
This guide also assumes that you have deployed all components of the MDM infrastructure in your IT environment, including:
- Installed Mobile Device Manager (MDM) Enrollment Server and MDM
Device Management Server roles.
- Installed MDM Gateway Server in the perimeter network.
- Installed Mobile Device Manager (MDM) Administrator Tools,
including Mobile Device Manager (MDM) Console, Mobile Device
Manager (MDM) Software Distribution Console, Mobile Device Manager
(MDM) Shell, and Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) with MDM
Group Policy extensions.
- Deployed Windows Mobile devices with the Windows Mobile 6.1
operating system. This is the operating system that contains the
MDM client.
In This Section
- Managing MDM Devices
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Describes how to use MDM Console to manage and control managed Windows Mobile devices.
- Distributing Software to Managed Devices
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Describes how to use Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) to distribute software to managed Windows Mobile devices.
- Managing MDM Servers
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Describes how to manage MDM Device Management Server, MDM Enrollment Server, and MDM Gateway Server.
- Configuring MDM Services
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Describes how to manage the services provided by the MDM system, including enrollment, device inventory, device wipe, and software distribution.
- MDM Backup and Recovery
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Provides an overview of backup and recovery requirement for MDM.