Microsoft Windows is the go to desktop operating system for enterprise. The company is having some trouble convincing companies to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8, but they’re at least still using Windows. Microsoft is having no such luck when it comes to Windows Phone though.
To convince companies that Windows Phone 8 is the way to go, Microsoft has announcedthat it will extend Windows Phone 8′s support lifecycle to three years from the original 18 months. This means that enterprise customers would continue to receive security and functional updates on all Windows Phone 8 devices until January 2016.
Features:
- S/MIME to sign and encrypt email
- Access to corporate resources behind the firewall with app aware, auto-triggered VPN
- Enterprise Wi-Fi support with EAP-TLS
- Enhanced MDM policies to lock down functionality on the phone for more enterprise control, in addition to richer application management such as allowing or denying installation of certain apps
- Certificate management to enroll, update, and revoke certificates for user authentication