Category Archives: Device Management

/CertSrv vs Mobile Devices

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Android, Device Management, How-to's, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone

I mentioned in my last blog about Android Ice Cream Sandwich that it is now possible, (actually from Android 3.x Honeycomb), to enroll certificates directly from the /CertSrv web site onto your mobile device. (If you’re running a Microsoft CA of course.)

This is all nice and dandy, but it’s not like Android devices are the only devices you’re likely to be supporting. With the tablet varieties the split is something like 90/10 iPad vs “the rest”. However if you ever tried loading up /CertSrv on your iOS device or your Windows Phone you’ll have noticed that it’s not working.

I find this slightly annoying, and decided to look into this further. Those pesky ActiveX controls can’t be the only reason right? :)

There’s two things to sort out here really; is it anything with the web pages themselves and the server, or something on the browser side. Turns out there’s a bit of both involved actually.
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I go through how it works and how it doesn’t work – and some of the why’s.

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Client Certificates in Android Ice Cream Sandwich

December 31st, 2011 | Posted in Android, Device Management

I touched upon the release of Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, back in October:
http://mobilitydojo.net/2011/10/19/ice-cream-sandwiches-for-the-kids/

That was based upon the official docs and emulator, but about a week ago I finally got an actual device in my hands in the form of the Galaxy Nexus, and I find it a lot easier to test on real hardware so I thought I’d revisit the OS to test out some client certificate related features. (The eye candy factor is greatly improved, but it’s not like you can’t find tests of that all over the web.)

I said that certificate support was improved – for instance the support of client certificates with the Google-supplied Exchange ActiveSync client. This implied there might have been some improvements for the browser as well, and the short answer would be yes

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System Center Configuration Manager 2012–Release Candidate Comes Along

November 9th, 2011 | Posted in Device Management, SCMDM, Updates

We’re fond of dabbling with Microsoft products at this site, and System Center is no exception (without Virtual Machine Manager my lab would have been less manageable). I’ve done a lot of articles on System Center Mobile Device Manager, and have also taken quick looks at the successor; System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and the Beta releases:
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 Available
SCCM v.Next hits Beta 1

It only seemed natural to at least do an install of the Release Candidate of said product. Now, I have no doubt I can manage my desktop systems and servers with Configuration Manager, but the mobility features…so far they haven’t been causing manic episodes. I have tried to look through the console to see what is available now, assuming that the RC should be pretty much feature complete.
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This time around we get support for more devices, but perhaps not the way we would have wanted to. Read on to see what I mean.

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