This weeks lesson focused on mobile computing. Microsoft has come a long way since I had my Windows smartphone back in 2007, which was basically useless. The modern suite of operating systems and apps that work with mobile devices include the Windows RT operating system for mobile devices, and Microsoft Intune to help manage them in a corporate environment.
Since you can't join mobile devices to a domain, you therefore can't use Group Policy to help manage and secure them. Windows Intune is an app that works on Windows 8, 8.1 and RT devices as well as Apple iOS devices such as the iPhone. Intune can be used to encrypt the information on these devices as well as remotely wipe them in case of theft or loss. It can also be used to enfore firewall and other security policies such as malware and antivirus protection, and to ensure that Windows Updates are current.
BitLocker is another technology that can be used to encrypt hard drives so that even if they are removed and placed into a different machine they cannot be decrypted. This can be done by use of a hardware chip on the motherboard called a TPM, or Trusted Platform Module. If this is not present, then a USB stick could also be used. There are lots of safeguards in place to ensure that data does not fall into the wrong hands.
We also learned about power management for mobile devices, and how Windows works with offline files. This is pretty neat, as you can set up a share to cache and distribute changed files if a node goes offline for some reason.
There is a great deal of information here, Windows has come a long way in its handling of mobile device support.
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