I tested some ActiveSync policies on Windows Mobile and was wondering how it would look on the user's mobile phone - this is how it looks. What if you disallow the camera? This behaved a little bit different if it was on a Sony Ericsson X2 (Windows Mobile 6.5) and Sony Ericsson X1 (Windows Mobile 6.1). On 6.1, I got a message saying "Cameras are not allowed here" but on the X2 it just silently closes the camera when I [...]
Categories: ActiveSync, Mobile, Other
Encrypting the Windows Mobile device could be a good idea. But where to you enable it? In Settings -> System -> Encryption you can only choose to encrypt the extra Memory Card. Turns out, there doesn't seem to be a way to manually enable it but using the ActiveSync policy in Exchange 2007+ or using System Center Mobile Device Manager. When you enable this feature, the device will be rebooted and the device will be encrypted. On a Sony Ericsson [...]
Categories: Mobile
At first, when running ActiveSync, the AutoDiscover did not work and when I tried to sync manually, I got error 0x80072F17. The reason was pretty simple, my Windows Mobile did not trust the Root CA (Certificate Authority) that I used to issue the certificate. The solution was simple and after that I could do both AutoDiscover and sync. Are you using Microsoft CA, go to your CA (http://localhost/certsrv/) and choose Download a CA certificate, certificate chain, or CRL. Select your [...]
Categories: Certificate and CA, Mobile
