Whilst many organizations have found Exchange Online’s built in device management functional, it’s increasing found to be lacking in capability compared to third-party device mobile device management solutions. ActiveSync is a good protocol, which excels at delivering push email to devices, and combined with Exchange’s mobile device quarantine features and remote wipe provides a set…
One of my favourite features in Exchange 2010 and 2013 is the Exchange ActiveSync Quarantine. This great feature allows you, the administrator, to act as the gatekeeper to new mobile devices as end users attempt to add them to your organization. Traditionally though this feature can be tricky to implement into an existing organization without…
The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS has been released and it includes a bug fix for an important ActiveSync issue affecting meetings. If you’ve not heard about this issue, you can read more about it here and on the Exchange Team Blog here. The fixes included in this release include a few…
Update 12th February 2013: Yep, iOS 6.1 and 6.1.1 are out and causing more issues, where a meeting request response can cause catastrophic transaction log growth by resubmitting the same request repeatedly to Exchange 2010. You’ll find more information at the following Microsoft KB article: Rapid growth in transaction logs, CPU use, and memory consumption…
Ever wondered how many users have ActiveSync devices connected, or how many devices each user has? This tip explains how to quickly do this using PowerShell. If you’ve been asked to generate a report showing who in your organization uses ActiveSync devices, then you’ll know that it’s not altogether easy using the Exchange Management Console.…