Month: December 2016

Updated tool: Remote Mobile Device Manager

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My early Christmas present, for the community, is an updated version of my Remote Mobile Device Manager tool! This version includes a couple of bug fixes, a couple of added functionalities and a couple of look-and-feel adjustments. In this blog post I’ll provide an overview of those changes, I’ll provide an overview of the new look-and-feel and I’ll show the usage. For an overview of all the previously available features, please refer to my blog post about the previous version of my Remote Mobile Device Manager tool. >> The updated version is now available for download << Changes Now let’s start with a quick overview of the changes to this new release of my Remote Mobile Device Manager tool. This version includes the following changes …

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Send sync request to devices

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In preparation for an upcoming new release of my Remote Mobile Device Manager tool, this week a short blog post about the Send Sync Request feature. This feature enables the administrator, in a Microsoft Intune hybrid environment, to remotely trigger a synchronization of a device and is available starting with Configuration Manager 1610. In this post I’ll provide some basic information, go through the methods to trigger this action, the Configuration Manager console and PowerShell, and I’ll provide some information about the administrator experience. Information Before showing the methods to use the Send Sync Request feature, it’s good to provide some information about when a device typically checks in. The first thing to keep in mind is that when an app, or policy, is deployed, …

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Conditional access for managed apps

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After a great MVP Summit and a session at a great Experts Live, it’s finally time for a new blog post. This blog post will be about conditional access for managed apps (MAM CA). About a month ago, I did a first post about this feature when it was still in preview. The good news is that the first part of this feature is now production ready for all tenants. In this post I’ll go through an introduction of MAM CA, the flow of MAM CA, the prerequisites of MAM CA, the configuration of MAM CA and the end-user experience of MAM CA. Introduction By now, I think, everybody should be familiar with the mobile app management without enrollment (MAM-WE, previously also referred to as …

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