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Agenda. Mobility in a Small Business Solutiontechnologymobility services in
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1. SBS 2003 R2 Mobility
2. Agenda Mobility in a Small Business Solution
technology
mobility services in & outside the office
requirements
Server value in mobility scenarios
SBS 2003 R2 with its rich environment full of services enhance the value of a mobility solution
3. Mobility: what does it mean? Mobility is “to be connected and to get access to own data, document & information at every time, from every place and from any device”
Thanks to Mobility, customers can gain productivity being always able to work with their data
Mobility is the ability to always get access to information & communications that customer need to close a business or to reply to a customer
4. Mobility: freedom & smartness Mobility is grown with mobile phone telecommunication as a way to get free from wired connection
mobility break space & time barriers
mobility make people, not offices, in the center of the job
Mobility is freedom to access our data
in every place we are, even without a PC, we can access our information; we can do it online, using a telecommunication method, or offline thanks to device able to handle our documents
Mobility is a new way to make better use of technology
5. Mobility basics
6. Mobility Techs Internet & Wireless communications
GSM/GPRS/UMTS networks handled by mobile carrier
Wi-Fi network in public hot-spots or private areas
Mobile devices is getting more enhanced, with specific functions to support mobility (synchronization, offline data, handwriting, ...)
Notebook & Tablet PC
Pocket PC & Pocket PC Phone Edition
Smartphone
7. Scenarios Mobility in the office
wireless freedom
wireless network (& Internet) access for PC & Mobile devices
Mobility out of the office
many services thru many scenarios
SBS 2003 R2 & Microsoft technology “concerto”
8. Mobility in the office
9. Wireless networks We can build a network without cabling wires (often a low cost network infrastructure for customers)
Enable notebook or Tablet PC users to move freely in the office while stay online with network, documents, mail, Internet access
meetings, demos, presentations & slide shows, ...
Wi-Fi may be an add-on to existing wired network; it’s very easy to set up this way
Once wireless enabled & configured PC & devices, they can use wireless outside the office too (home networks, Wi-Fi Hot-Spot, ...)
10. Wireless Network
11. RequirementsWireless is easy! One Access Point (even simply “bridged” to existing wired network)
Wi-Fi enabled PC with Windows XP with SP2 as the client Operating System that natively support secure wireless communication in an easy way
Wi-Fi enabled device based on Windows Mobile
12. And with SBS 2003 R2 as the network server... ? More mobile functionalities out-of-the-box!
Users can access their business data from outside the office (from home or from every Internet connection)
Business data are always protected by server technologies
Wireless & wired configuration of PC & Devices is simpler
SBS 2003 R2 delivers all state-of-the-art mobility services of Microsoft Exchange Server
13. Wireless & Security Warning! Vendor default configuration is often open-access without any security built-in
It’s highly recommended to make wireless secure using:
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) with 128bits key it’s the entry-level security
WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) it’s a more secure choice for SMB networks
802.1x security is an advanced solution if integration with other security infrastructures is required (Active Directory, X.509 PKI, Smart-card or other security token)
14. Mobility out of the office – Always online with Office & Business Data mobility = everywhere access!
15. Mobility out of the officefreedom to be online Always online
continuously access calendar, meeting info, contacts, agenda, ... they are always up-to-date
communicate with e-mail in real time (direct push e-mail)
Freedom of connection & communication
connect with e-mail & outlook data, without any special requirements
documents can be accessed online
all office network resources are reachable from Internet via VPN
16. Connect with the office All that is needed is an Internet connection
SBS 2003 R2 has built-in native VPN support to access documents & applications in a secure way from Internet
With SBS-only feature “Remote Web Workplace”, users from the Internet can access their PC
17. Everywhere access to own data with any device
18. Single mailbox, many access (one protocol: http(s))
19. Exchange Server 2003 SP2Mobility Problems
Large % of mobile units lost or stolen each year
Need to improve performance and connectivity
Solution – Exchange Server 2003 SP2
Security
Remote wipe
Remotely Enforced Device Security Policies
S/MIME Encrypted Messaging
Performance
Direct push email
Additional data compression
20. Direct Push e-mail: Eliminating BarriersNo Middleware Required !
21. Direct Push E-mail Seamless always-up-to-date solution
No need of external hardware, software or service
No reliance on SMS for notifications
Works for all PIM data: Inbox, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks
Keep standard data plan
World-wide capable
No additional software/server installation
Requirements
Enabled by default
Windows Mobile 5+ will enable Direct Push Technology by default
Solution relies on always on connection
22. Summary Mobility is a well-known business value for customers working from home or travelling around
People can always keep in touch with colleagues & business
Mobile devices & software (Windows Mobile, Mobile Outlook-Word-Excel-...) greatly enhance user productivity
SBS offers great mobility capabilities
All technologies built-in, Partner has only to activate it
Mobility is a key to grow Partner revenue, for example renewing installed hardware/software or leveraging cross-selling opportunities
23. Questions?