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Windows Mobile and Microsoft Dynamics

hegenderfer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:47:30 GMT

I thought you guys may get a kick out of this great case study. It features Windows Mobile (Motorola Devices), Microsoft Dynamics Mobile and two Microsoft Dynamics partners work at a popular Rock Music festival in northern Europe – Roskilde Festival.

Spend 2 minutes and 52 seconds of your time here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/dynamicsmobile/archive/2008/11/21/microsoft-dynamics-mobile-case-study-at-roskilde-festival-watch-the-video.aspx

I think you'll like it :)

SAP on Windows Mobile!

hegenderfer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:24:59 GMT

Many of you have have been pinging me over the last year or so asking me for a good Windows Mobile solution to SAP. Well, I am EXTREMELY happy to say, one of our great partner, Avanade, has been working on such a solution for quite a while now and have just launched it :)

Introducing Avanade Mobile Solutions – for SAP® applications, a solution platform providing offline remote access to select SAP solutions on Windows Mobile devices.

I had a chance to use this tool several months ago while it was still in beta, and I really like it. It's simple, but flexible enough to be customized for your own SAP implementations.

Blurb below:

"The solution platform provides access to three SAP applications; SAP NetWeaver ® Portal, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, and SAP Business Workflow. It is an extensible platform which could also be used for mobile sales (CRM) or field force enablement."

If your organization runs SAP and is interested in providing access to the back office on Windows Mobile devices, then contact the Solution Delivery Lead for Mobile Solutions in the UK, Steve Butcher (steve.butcher@avanade.com).

http://www.avanade.com/uk/about/news/pressdetail.aspx?id=254

Rumors of my Death have been Greatly Exaggerated

hegenderfer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:51:51 GMT

So, lately, I have been reading a lot about RIM vs Apple vs Android. It's all pretty interesting stuff, really. But people seem to forget that their is one other player out there, us. Google hasn't even made a phone yet. We have WAY more phones out there than either RIM or Apple.

Yes, I realize that we don't do a very good job of branding 'Windows Mobile' right now, but that will change (and soon). I also realize that maybe WM isn't the sexy beast these other platforms can spin up, but I have to tell you, that is changing as well.

How many of you have used the Diamond yet? I've been using it for about 5 days right now, and I must say I am pleasantly surprised by it. There are some things that bother me about it, but for the style of device that it is, I am pretty happy with it. And this is essentially a V1 of the type of device that we will be seeing on the market.

How many of you have seen the Experia or the Omnia? I have...they rock! And the form and function is REALLY nice. I think you'll start seeing a trend towards these types of devices moving forward as we keep innovating on the platform side...I guess in some ways we have Apple to think for really spurring some innovation on design, so thanks Steve Jobs :)

As a marketing org, yes, we need to really start pushing the WM brand...more so than every before. And from a partner aspect, you guys need to help me scream from the roof tops that there is a solid platform out there that exists in many different form factors, that has great functionality, that is equipped to do MS Office natively, that has an AMAZING TCO story when compared to RIM, and that has an AWESOME enterprise DM and Security story compared to iPhone and Android. And let's not forget the ROI for applications on devices; apps that almost every company has the talent to create with the toolsets and languages that they already know.

If you guys could see what Reed and I get to every day, I think you would agree that the short and long term future of the WM platform is very bright...and we'll even throw in some love for the non-business consumers out there VERY soon :)

Hegenderfer

InfoWeek and SCMDM - Webcast to Watch

hegenderfer — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:28:42 GMT

Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
Duration: One Hour

InformationWeek Webcast: The Smart, Safe Way to Mobile Enterprise Success
Join InformationWeek mobility expert, Eric Zeman, and Microsoft mobility expert, Chip Vollers, for this important Webcast. Learn the strategies, insights and tools your enterprise needs to efficiently and effectively deploy and manage mobile devices and provide access to line-of-business applications in the enterprise--without putting your corporate data at risk.

http://www.cmpnetseminars.com/ars/eventregistration.do;jsessionid=0514F4E1B55BCD8D27AD049B2062C829.web-cmp-02-tomcat2?mode=eventreg&F=1000994&submit=y&subscriptiontype=online%20event&K=1MS1A1

Webcasts on Windows Mobile Application Development

hegenderfer — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:28:11 GMT

In case you missed these, they make for great lunch time watches :)

Part 1: Developing Applications for Windows Mobile Devices (now available on-demand)

Part 2: Developing Your First Real Windows Mobile 6 Application (now available on-demand)

Part 3: Using Device Capabilities and Device Functionality (now available on-demand)

Part 4: Mobile Data Strategies and Synchronization Using SQL Server Compact, XML, and LINQ (Wednesday 28-May)

Part 5: Windows Mobile Development - Live from TechEd Orlando (Wednesday 4-June)

Good watching :)

Steve

Now Live: TechNet Radio - Get More Security and Control with Mobile Device Manager

hegenderfer — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:29:04 GMT

The latest episode featuring this interview is now live on our site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/radio

Also, here are direct links to the wma and mp3’s. I encourage you to post these to your blogs or product sites:

WMA

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/2/63213a2b-6b2f-40a8-9b7d-e0f54eda1168/TechNetRadio05062008-web.wma

mp3 Hi bandwidth

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/2/63213a2b-6b2f-40a8-9b7d-e0f54eda1168/TechNetRadio05062008-hi-web.mp3

mp3 Low bandwidth

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/2/63213a2b-6b2f-40a8-9b7d-e0f54eda1168/TechNetRadio05062008-lo-web.mp3

Don't forget the WM for Business webcasts!

hegenderfer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:53:44 GMT

These are coming up soon...go ahead and register for them!

Webcasts listed here.

Series Title: Windows Mobile for Business Webcast Series

Abstract: Learn how Microsoft® Windows Mobile® smartphones/PDAs and Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager can help improve mobile workforce productivity, enhance mobile device security, simplify management and lower costs. The Windows Mobile platform builds on your existing IT infrastructure and utilizes familiar management tools to provide a highly scalable solution with a low total cost of ownership.

Join our technical experts as they provide comprehensive insight into how to centrally and efficiently deploy and manage mobile devices and applications like you do PCs and how to effectively safeguard corporate data. This webcast series will cover why Windows Mobile for your business and IT, delivering advanced messaging and collaboration, taking business applications and processes mobile, and securing and managing mobile devices.

Windows Mobile - alive and well in the mid-market!

hegenderfer — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:29:56 GMT

Well, I am about to get on a plane back to cheery old Seattle (and by that, I mean typical rainy spring in the great Northwest). I just finished up a nice trip to Orlando for the 2008 US Convergence show, and it was cool.

It was great to see and talk to so many customers and partners about the thriving ecosystem around MS Dynamics. But it was equally as cool as talk to them about mobility. No doubt about it, all of these folks wanted to know more about mobility and how they could take advantage of it.

We keep hearing about how the smartphone/converged device space will take off, but it's really nice to see it for yourself first-hand. And we're only looking at the tip of the ice berg. I have said this before, this space is exploding...we should all be happy to be a part of it!

On another note, I wanted to remind you all of some very coo ROI and TCO tools that we have available around Windows Mobile. If you are a certified or Gold Microsoft Partner, you can get access to these tools here.

I expect that the presence of Windows Mobile at the Convergence shows will definitely increase over time, as will our penetration into small, medium, and large businesses.

On a totally unrelated note, I was walking through Downtown Disney (yes, it deserves it's own special name with capital letters, evidently) and saw this in the window of the Virgin Megastore display. Yes, American Hair Metal!

Although I was unable to find the book in the actual store, I have since found the bugger on eBay...it should be arriving in about 5-10 business days :)

Cheers,

Steve

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PS: Almost forgot...most of you, if you go to any of the trade shows where we have the WM booth, will recognize Erik Helgerson. He's a big dude...but evidently, when he's not tramping around in his home state, he REALLY like the Minnie Mouse Princess stuff :)

TechNet Radio features Windows Mobile for Business

hegenderfer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:41:01 GMT

Thought many of you might enjoy these sessions...

February 12, 2008

Windows Mobile Part Two of Three

Discover why Windows Mobile is the optimal choice for your organization and IT professionals. Join Windows Mobile experts Derek Snyder and Brian Hoskins to learn the top features of Windows Mobile for business and how Windows Mobile with System Center Mobile Device Manager can help IT professionals decrease support time, simplify and centralize management, provide more secure access to corporate data and extend line of business applications to mobile workers.

We also have our February 2008 Security Bulletin with Kai Axford and Bill Sisk.

Length: 0: 30:23

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February 5, 2008

Windows Mobile Part One of Three

Discover why Windows Mobile is the optimal choice for your organization and IT professionals. Join Windows Mobile experts Derek Snyder, Brian Hoskins and Dan Arildson to learn the top features of Windows Mobile for business and how Windows Mobile with System Center Mobile Device Manager can help IT professionals decrease support time, simplify and centralize management, provide more secure access to corporate data and extend line of business applications to mobile workers. This session covers Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2 and 3!

Length: 0: 30:25

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TechNet Radio

hegenderfer — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:04:25 GMT

Every once in awhile, I see some gems over at this site. This one is probably sure to get a few folks interested :)

Unified Communications and Windows Mobile

Michael Murphy and Chip Vollers discuss the benefits of Unified Communications and Windows Mobile.

Communications today are increasingly complex, with a vast array of ways to communicate and an equally broad range of different devices and applications. While supposedly making our lives easier, all of these options actually make our lives more complicated. We are simply overwhelmed by the options to stay in touch with each other. This is communication chaos.

Microsoft believes the answer lies in software. Software that is people-ready, helping people to work more effectively together in real time. Unified Communications solutions provide presence awareness throughout Office System and LOB applications, enable teams to work together from distributed offices and while on the go, and reduce down time and hasten business decisions. Microsoft's UC solutions deliver identity-based, rich presence-enabled communications on the desktop and extend those capabilities to Windows Mobile devices with Office Communicator Mobile 2007. Communicator Mobile 2007 is designed to easily work with existing Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 deployments, minimizing cost, management, and additional infrastructure investments.

Enjoy the show!

Steve

SAP and Windows Mobile - what's your story?

hegenderfer — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:15:18 GMT

I work with different partners everyday, and I also work with enterprises and business everyday as well. In enterprises, I often get asked the question:

'What partners do you have that do X?'

Well, right now I am looking for something specific. How many of you guys have a solution for Windows Mobile that interfaces with SAP? Yes, I do have a handful of partners who are skilled here (including SAP), but I'd like to broaden this particular piece of our partner portfolio.

So, if you have a good solution that connects Windows Mobile to SAP on the backend, I'd love to hear from you :)

Now, get back to reading Reed's sweet post on memory management :)

Enterprise Mobility: is it ready for Prime Time?

hegenderfer — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:46:35 GMT

Okay, so obviously I already have an opinion, and it's very strong. I believe from all of the evidence that I have witnessed first hand that enterprises are ready to start rolling out (and have been for several quarters) truly converged mobile devices (aka, Windows Mobile devices) that support business.

The mechanism for this support started as email, but now the focus is on line of business applications (LOB).

If you read any analyst report on the subject over the last year, they'll all concur. They differ with respect to the size of the market, or when the really BIG shift will happen (sometime between 2008 and 2010), but they all agree that LOB will drive mobile devices.

I just read a pretty good Forrester Report on this. I've included the exec summary (which is published on the Forrester web site) below:

"Forrester broadly defines enterprise mobility as the ability for an enterprise to communicate with suppliers, partners, employees, assets, products, and customers irrespective of location. Mobility requires firms to build solutions that span devices, networks, and applications. After several fits and starts, mobility is gaining steam, consuming nearly one-third of North American and European enterprise telecom budgets today. Firms have embraced mobile email and plan to extend this capability to more employees within the organization. Advanced firms are moving line-of-business applications like inventory management and sales force automation to handhelds today. The greatest shift in the mobility market over the next three years will be the move to line-of-business and unified communications applications on handhelds to drive business process acceleration."

While I can't quote it without paying an arm and a leg, I can tell you that they also agree. It's actually a pretty good read if you, like me, believe that these crazy devices will someday revolutionize how we interact with our work life.

So, I'd like to share a HUZZAH to all of us who are evangelizing out in the field. People are listening to us, and the market is changing...one deal at a time :)