Is your company any closer to supporting the iPhone with Corporate email?

Tuvoc · 17 Jun 2009 at 09:47

And assuming you don't need to be logged in to read this, which I don't think you do:

http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39442326,00.htm?s_cid=105

Another vote of no-confidence from 10 out of 12 CIO's questioned

Ev0 · 17 Jun 2009 at 13:10

All being well the go ahead for the install of the dreaded B word should be signed off this week then we can start sorting that out, great.

Although not a big place so shouldn't be too bad.

iaind · 17 Jun 2009 at 13:35

Did anyone else see the article about the iphone tracking/remote wipe? Apparently you can just disable it from the handset! Oh dear.....

Ev0 · 17 Jun 2009 at 15:33

lol will have to find that one

Amp34 · 17 Jun 2009 at 21:43

Ciphon said:
A friend and I were discussing this, and what would happen in a situation that a user illegally downloaded music / film / some form of content, and put this on the iPhone?

Exactly the same as a user that did it on a WM (or BB) device I assume. What's the difference with the iPhone? :confused:

Stelly · 22 Jun 2009 at 14:19

I have implemented this into a few small to medium businesses not exactly that hard....

Stelly

Ev0 · 22 Jun 2009 at 16:05

Not a case of it being difficult though

Vertigo · 24 Jun 2009 at 21:19

Well after a couple of years of using BES, it looks like the bosses are ditching their Gooseberries for iPhones and I'm going to be tasked with hooking them up to Exchange 2003.

I have not the first clue about iPhones and connecting them to Exchange. Can someone point me at any decent guides to doing so? Tried reading through the thread and most of the discussion seems to be on the relative merits of the competing technologies rather than configuration.

iaind · 25 Jun 2009 at 09:03

Not tried it myself but the underlying technology is activesync, so the first step is to get that set up - theres loads of guides for that. Just a case of getting it published, ISA server is good for this and make sure you have a decent SSL cert in place, god knows if you can install untrusted ones on iphones.
After that i'm sure the setup on the phone is the same as nokia/winmo devices - server name, username, password and domain. Only as its an iphone, that setup will be shinier than anything else

Vertigo · 26 Jun 2009 at 12:49

SSL certs are where I start having problems - tried setting something similar up years ago with WinMO devices for someone else and couldn't get it to work.

Do I need to purchase a cert from a recognised source or can I create one myself with Windows Server's own certification authority?

iaind · 26 Jun 2009 at 13:13

With WinMo you can create your own but you need to install it on each device manually. Dont know if this is possible with iPhones as I've never seen an "SSL Certificates" section in iTunes

RSR · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:16

Yes, i have just deployed it in our enviroment.

RSR · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:18

Vertigo1 said:
SSL certs are where I start having problems - tried setting something similar up years ago with WinMO devices for someone else and couldn't get it to work.

Do I need to purchase a cert from a recognised source or can I create one myself with Windows Server's own certification authority?

You can buy one from as little as £65 per year or you can use your own CA. However, you will need to import the certificate on to the iPhone. Mind you it still works if you dont import it, just moans about the certificate not being vaild.

Andy

RSR · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:19

iaind said:
With WinMo you can create your own but you need to install it on each device manually. Dont know if this is possible with iPhones as I've never seen an "SSL Certificates" section in iTunes

There is a application you can use to import this on to the phone, its called iPhone Configuration Utility.

Andy

Andyt_uk · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:48

andyd said:
There is a application you can use to import this on to the phone, i cant remember what it is at the mo of the top of my head.

Ill have a think and edit my post.

Andy

This is what i used to import mine.

RSR · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:57

ahhh found it, its called iPhone Configuration Utility

Andy

RSR · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:59

Andyt_uk said:
This is what i used to import mine.

Id use that method on a normal Windows based phone

However, ive purchased a certifaicate from a trusted root. So i dont have the hassle of this with the smart phones or OWA etc...

RSR · 26 Jun 2009 at 16:01

Ev0 said:
That's our issue with remote wipe not being good enough, it's the time between the device going awol and the wipe.

If the contents are encrypted it takes the urgency off a bit as the data is protected.

Id say the remote wipe is pretty good. Ive tryed and tested it with a iPhone and i needed to reimage the iPhone to get it to work again lol.... I wasnt expecting that.

marin · 26 Jun 2009 at 16:04

Has anyone tried LogMeIn Ignition on the iPhone ?

If they have is it any good ?

Cheers.

Vertigo · 7 Jul 2009 at 13:36

andyd said:
Id use that method on a normal Windows based phone

However, ive purchased a certifaicate from a trusted root. So i dont have the hassle of this with the smart phones or OWA etc...

Which CA did you purchase from, out of interest? Also, I presume this cert has to be installed on the Exchange server?