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Push updated AD password to remote Exchange ActiveSync device??

Author
8 Nov 2007 2:33 PM
Roger Rabbit
Currently our users have to manually update Exchange ActiveSync after they
change their AD password. Is it possible to automatically push an updated
password to a remote Windows Mobile 5/6 device, instead of forcing the users
to manually update the device according to our password expiry policy?

Author
9 Nov 2007 7:37 PM
Daniel Noakes
Roger (?)

No this isn't possible (yet). Future versions of Windows Mobile may
support this through System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, but
this isn't released until next year. SCMDM uses BlackBerry style
activation, where a user enters their email address and a one use PIN
in to a client on the device. It isn't clear if this client will be
available for WM5/6, but I doubt it will be. I also do not know if
this replaces the need to enter user details in to ActiveSync, but as
it adds the device to AD I'm hoping it does.

Check out http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/mobile/ and
http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/ for more info.

Daniel Noakes

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