System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (SCCM) provides an effective IT enabler allowing for secure and scalable software deployment, compliance settings management, and comprehensive asset management of servers, desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Coupled with Intune, SCCM can be the one window to rule them all. Ensuring your organization is taking advantage of the latest…
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Business Enhancements For Surface Pro 3 & Windows 8.1
On a day where most were expecting a small announcement, Microsoft had something big to tell the world. Weighing in at under 800 grams, the Surface Pro 3 has been designed specifically for professionals and students who are looking for the power of a laptop, with the look and feel of a tablet. IT professionals…
Step-By-Step: Syncing An On Premise AD with Azure Active Directory
Enterprise Mobility has become top of mind for organizations big and small as of late. Extending beyond the need of just mobile device management, the focus has evolved to securely enabling people within an organization with information pertinent to their success. With this in mind, Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility Suite addresses Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile…
Step-By-Step: Enabling Mobile Application Distribution Via Windows Intune
Every year Microsoft Canada graciously sponsors Canadian start-up hubs by providing tools and work space to fledgling companies. Recently, through an investment from the Microsoft Ventures group, additional equipment was purchased to be used by start-ups to build applications utilizing the Microsoft platform. The sponsored start-up hubs are spread across Canada and include The MaRs…
Step-By-Step: Utilizing Windows Intune and SCCM to Manage Android Devices
People centric IT requires enablement of a plethora of devices. While OS offerings differ, so do individuals needs. IT professionals must be ready for this eventuality as we at CANITPRO have written previously, BYOD is no longer the trend but the norm. Windows Intune and System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 provide the tools required…
BYOD Basics: Microsoft’s Mobile Device Management Toolset
A great deal of questions are currently being asked around best practices surrounding Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategies. One of the items to take into consideration is which mobile devices management offering would best enable people centric IT. With Windows Phone steadily growing in market share and Windows Server 2012 R2 now including functionality to connect devices through its Work…
BYOD Basics: Enabling People Centric IT
The term “Bring your Own Device” or BYOD, has been coming up more frequently in conversation as of late. This is because the line between business and consumer devices has almost completely eroded. Sleek and jaw dropping smartphones and tablets now include TPM chipsets and FIPS 140-2 adherence further blurring said division. With this evolution now occurring, conversations…
BYOD Basics: Windows Phone 8 Receives FIPS 140-2 Certification
One of the challenges that IT Professionals face when planning for an acceptable “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) strategy is understanding or measuring the level of security that can be utilized by said devices provided by an organizations employees. Certain devices provide certain levels of security which should be adhered to when planning which device…
Step-By-Step: Connecting System Center Configuration Manager with Windows Intune Service
In the CANITPRO.NET BYOD Basics series we recently explored the new mobile device management capabilities found in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager when combined with the Windows Intune service. To coincide with this post, this Step-By-Step has been created to help you setup your lab to test the mobile device management functionality provided by joining the…
BYOD Basics: What’s New For Mobile Device Management in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Over the past couple weeks, we at CANITPRO.NET have been covering aspects of people centric IT (PCIT) enablement through our BYOD Basics series. We feel providing proper tools to enable planning and discussion around BYOD enablement helps organizations properly plan their deployments and ensure their workers are provided the necessary tools to be more effective in…