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Exchange Server connector
In many organizations, mobile devices connect to an organization's infrastructure through
Microsoft Exchange. Users of mobile devices that are running the iOS, Android, Windows
Phone, and Windows Mobile operating systems already synchronize their email messages.
The Exchange Server connector for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager enables
you to manage mobile devices remotely that connect to an Exchange Server deployment,
without requiring Configuration Manager to enroll these devices directly.
The Exchange Server connector enables you to manage mobile devices by using the
Configuration Manager console instead of Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policies. You can use
the Exchange Server connector with an on-premises deployment of Exchange and a cloud-
based Exchange deployment.
The Exchange Server connector enables you to perform the following mobile device-man-
agement tasks:
Discovery Enables Configuration Manager to discover any mobile device that has
registered with the Exchange Server environment.
Hardware inventory Enables Configuration Manager to perform hardware
inventory only based on the information that it receives from Exchange. This is not as
comprehensive as a hardware inventory that is available to mobile devices that you
manage through the Intune connector for Configuration Manager.
Settings management Enables you to override default Exchange ActiveSync mail-
box policy settings with settings that you configure through the Exchange Server con-
nector for Configuration Manager.
Quarantine and block from Exchange Server Enables you to block a mobile device
from the Exchange Server organization and from Configuration Manager.
Remote wipe Enables Exchange Server administrators, the device user, and
Configuration Manager administrators to wipe devices remotely.
Reporting Enables basic mobile device-management reports but does not provide
all the reports that are available when you manage the device by using the Intune con-
nector for Configuration Manager.
When you configure the Exchange Server connector, you determine whether
Configuration Manager or Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policies are responsible for manag-
ing specific settings, including the following groups:
General
Password
Email Management
Security
Applications
 
 
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