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Just to be a bit more clear-- the difference here is with device provisioning using Mobile Device Management (MDM) services, not necessarily the default OS apps
by grinich 12y ago
Just to be a bit more clear-- the difference here is with device provisioning using Mobile Device Management (MDM) services, not necessarily the default OS apps.
The user enrollment process doesn't necessarily require giving permissions beyond mail/contacts/calendar access. But many organizations take advantage of the opportunity to use pre-baked profiles which restrict behaviors, auto-configure VPN with client certs, activate features like remote wipe, etc.
We dealt with a lot of this when building the ActiveSync module for the Inbox[1] sync engine, which works with all Exchange servers and offers a modern REST API. (ie: like Twilio/Stripe for email)
https://www.inboxapp.com/ https://www.inboxapp.com/
[1] Google stole our name last month. :(