The Mobile Device Manager Support Team Blog
News and support on System Center Mobile Device Manager.
Microsoft Enterprise Product Roadmap Webcast
Please join us for a high level discussion into Microsoft software investments designed to cover...
Date: 01/19/2012
NOW LIVE: The Microsoft TechNet Gallery
As many of you probably already know, for a long time the Script Repository (a special-purpose...
Date: 08/18/2011
System Center Unlimited - All your favorite System Center posts, together in one central place
If you’ve been following the blogging efforts of the System Center support and product teams for any...
Date: 05/12/2011
Meet a couple of our System Center engineers
I just wanted to let you know about a couple of our System Center support engineers that were...
Date: 05/11/2011
The System Center Blog Aggregator app is now available on Android
A few weeks back I announced the System Center Blog Aggregator app for Windows Phone 7 and today I...
Date: 05/10/2011
Quick Fix: You are unable to install the System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Admin Tools if Windows Powershell was upgraded
Attempting to install the System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM) Administrator Console or...
Date: 02/15/2011
FYI: Integration of TechNet Blog User Account with TechNet Forums Profile
For those of you who sign-in to comment on the TechNet Blogs, there is a change coming on January...
Date: 01/26/2011
New solution: System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 device certificate renewal request fails after 12 months
After being enrolled for a year, a System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) managed device may...
Date: 07/12/2010
New KB: A manually requested System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 GCM certificate cannot be saved to the computer store
In some situations, an administrator of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM) must...
Date: 07/06/2010
Need personalized help implementing a Microsoft product or solution? Our new ProAdvisory service may be for you
I know this isn’t necessarily specific to Mobile Device Manager but I wanted to let you know of a...
Date: 07/01/2010
New KB Solution: A manually requested System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 GCM certificate cannot be saved to the computer store
Just a quick heads up on a new Knowledge Base article we just published. This one describes an...
Date: 06/08/2010
The Microsoft TechNet Wiki has launched
I know I've mentioned this here before but in case you haven't seen the TechNet Wiki or had a chance...
Date: 04/15/2010
Welcome to the TechNet Wiki Beta!
What began a few years ago as an idea is now in front of you. Through the grassroots efforts and...
Date: 03/08/2010
A quick note on the SCMDM administrative template
The System Center Mobile Device Manager administrative template adds Windows Mobile Settings that...
Date: 03/03/2010
Support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000 ends on July 13, 2010
I know this isn't necessarily Mobile Device Manager specific but I figured that some of you may...
Date: 01/21/2010
A hotfix rollup package is available for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008
Last week we released a new hotfix rollup package for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 as...
Date: 01/19/2010
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP) Now Available!
I know this isn’t Mobile Device Manager specific but I thought it was something you’d appreciate...
Date: 11/10/2009
Automatic FixIt: You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or a later version
I asked the FixIt team for this a while back and they have delivered. Now if you ever run into...
Date: 11/05/2009
Software Distribution 8041 warning
Here’s a problem which we’ve seen a couple of times which can be caused by bad packages in software...
Date: 11/02/2009
The System Center Online Desktop Manager beta is coming soon
You’ve heard about it and read about and now you’ll soon have the chance to try it out...
Date: 10/14/2009
Information on using Mobile Device Manager in a locked down environment
The System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) includes three...
Date: 10/08/2009
New MDM KB article: Code Word policy for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied when disabled
Just an FYI that we published a new Knowledge Base article for System Center Mobile Device Manager...
Date: 08/24/2009
New MDM KB article: Code Word Frequency policy for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied when disabled
Just an FYI that we published a new Knowledge Base article for System Center Mobile Device Manager...
Date: 08/17/2009
Group Policy setting “Code Word” for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied to Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices when the policy is Disabled
When you disable the Group Policy setting Code Word by using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device...
Date: 08/13/2009
The Group Policy setting “Code word frequency” for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied to Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices when the policy is “Disabled”
When you disable the Group Policy setting Code word frequency by using Microsoft System Center...
Date: 08/12/2009
Jumping on the Facebook bandwagon
I was looking around Facebook the other day and thought “Wow, there sure are a lot of companies out...
Date: 07/13/2009
SCMDM roadmap
We’ve recently been asked a few questions about the SCMDM roadmap and future versions. Here’s a...
Date: 06/25/2009
SCMDM SP1 Support for Virtualization
As you may know, with the Service Pack 1 release of SCMDM we introduced support for virtualization...
Date: 05/28/2009
SCMDM Solution: Signed applications install but fail to run with a signature failure related error
Here’s an interesting issue that a one of our top Support Escalation engineers by the name of James...
Date: 05/21/2009
System Center Mobile Device Manager support for Windows Server 2008 Certificate Authority
We are happy to announce that we now support System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1 with a...
Date: 05/18/2009
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Mobile Device Manager 2008 is easier (and cheaper) than you think
Here’s another webcast on System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 in case you haven’t already seen...
Date: 05/05/2009
Webcast: Windows Mobile 6.1 and Mobile Device Manager 2008: The Gateway to Your Corporate Network
We have a fairly new System Center Mobile Device Manager webcast available in case you haven’t...
Date: 04/28/2009
So how many blogs does Microsoft have?
Everywhere you look these days it’s all about blogs. Blogs here, blogs there, they’re all over...
Date: 04/22/2009
Two new Mobile Device Manager 2008 Knowledge Base articles for the week ending 03/21/2009
Sorry for the lag in getting these posted but I’ve been out of the office for a while and then had a...
Date: 03/30/2009
Solution: The Group Policy setting “Block unsigned theme installation” for System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is not correctly applied to Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices
Just a quick FYI on an issue we came across recently. This should be a Knowledge Base article...
Date: 03/11/2009
Syncing your mobile device with Exchange may fail with an error code of 0x85020013
Here's an issue I saw the other day that I thought I'd share with all of you. I'm not sure how...
Date: 02/18/2009
TechNet Virtual Lab: Using System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Features
Are you new to System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 or just wanting to learn more? If so...
Date: 02/09/2009
Online Event: Microsoft Secure Remote Access Solutions
We have a cool webcast coming up next Tuesday, February 10th, concerning secure remote access...
Date: 02/05/2009
Microsoft Management Summit 2009
I know many of you will probably be heading to Las Vegas for MMS 2009 and if so we have all the...
Date: 01/29/2009
Collecting large amount of device inventory information during OMA session causes MDM server to timeout
Here's an issue we run into every now and then so I thought it might be worth a mention here. ...
Date: 01/08/2009
System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Service Pack 1 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007
I was actually looking for something else when I came across this MP for Mobile Device Manager 2008...
Date: 01/07/2009
New Knowledge Base articles for 12-14 through 12-20
For the week of 12-14 through 12-20 we had three new System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 KB...
Date: 01/06/2009
SCMDM: Enrollment fails with "Unknown error in Enrollment service: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null"
Here's another MDM enrollment failure issue we ran across recently that's caused by the CA not being...
Date: 01/05/2009
Where did all the posts go?
Many of us are beginning to pack things up and head out for the holidays so I just wanted to give...
Date: 12/18/2008
SCMDM: Mobile Device Manager setup error: "Failed to determine status of MDM databases on SQL instance"
Here's one more MDM Service Pack 1 issue for you, this one involving a setup error you might run...
Date: 12/18/2008
SCMDM: Enrollment fails if a port other than 443 is used for the Enrollment Service
Here's another SP1 issue that we came across. If your server and client logs indicate that...
Date: 12/17/2008
SCMDM: Set-EnrollmentPermissions returns "Error encountered when delegating container..."
Here's another MDM SP1 issue for you. This one involves the Set-EnrollmentPermissions command and an...
Date: 12/16/2008
SCMDM: Enrolling a device generates "Unable to enroll this device in the company domain" error
Here's a heads up on an error you might run into when enrolling devices. This one comes from...
Date: 12/11/2008
The same software package may be installed every time a device connects to a System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 server
Here's an interesting MDM issue I ran across the other day. If you're seeing the same package...
Date: 12/10/2008
SCMDM: The management console is no longer available after installing the MDM Reporting Services v1.1 reporting snap-in
Here's kind of a wacky issue we've seen a couple times so I thought I'd give you a heads up just in...
Date: 12/09/2008