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Mobile device management with Exchange 2016 can be divided that to four topics:

• Configure user mobile device setting.
  
• Configure Exchange active sync (EAC) virtual directory
  
• Configure mobile device policies
  
• Configure mobile device rule
  

Configure user mobile device setting

• Open EAC > Recipients > mobile device > then you have three choices:
  
  • Disable Exchange Activesync
    
  • Disable OWA for devices
    
  • View details
    

• On View details you will be able to
  
  • Assign mobile device policy
    
  • Manage the assigned mobile with options:
    
    • View mobile details
      
    • Allow
      
    • Block
      
    • Wipe
      
    • Create a mobile device rule with this phone type
      
    • Delete
      

  

Configure Exchange active sync (EAC) virtual directory

• Open EAC > Servers > Virtual directories > Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync > edit
  

• Then you can define the internal and external URL
  

  

• On authentication you can define the authentication method and client certificate authentication as below:
  

    

And that can be configured using exchange management shell using command “Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory” as below:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123679(v=exchg.160).aspx

Configure mobile device policies

• Open EAC > mobile > mobile device mailbox policies > add
  

• Then you should specify the below:
  
  • Policy name
  • Allow or not the devices that not support this policy.
  • Password restriction if required

  

That also can be defined through shell using the command “New-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy” as below:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124315(v=exchg.150).aspx

Configure mobile device rule

You can define rule to configure how to deal with each device family

• Open EAC > mobile > mobile device access > device access rule > add
  

• You should specify the below:
  
  • Mobile family
    
  • Mobile model
    
  • Action that will be taken:
    
    • Allow
      
    • Block
      
    • Quarantine
      

  

To deal with quarantine device that should be done as below steps:

• Open EAC > mobile > mobile device access > Quarantined devices
  

Then you will have option to:

• Allow
  
• Block
  
• Add device
  

 

Ratish Nair

Microsoft MVP | Office Servers and Services

Team @MSExchangeGuru

Posted October 26th, 2017 under Exchange 2016, Exchange ActiveSync. RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback.