^^^^ so I'd never seen intune, thanks for posting that but this is what I get whenever I go to the sccm page
"Strengthen security and control
Extend security and management features to a wide range of mobile devices, including Windows RT, Windows 8, iOS, and Android platforms." notice there's no wp8 mentioned? what's the deal

edit: intune even says these are the only things you can enforce/push on wp8, which is the same as active sync, and lacking

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" Windows Phone 8 When a Windows Phone 8 device is enrolled into the Windows Intune service, a mobile device management certificate is installed on the device, allowing it to be managed by Windows Intune. IT Administrators are granted certain control and access rights to the Managed Mobile Devices and may apply policies to manage certain behaviors of that Mobile Device, including the following: Remote Wipe: An IT administrator is granted access to remotely wipe targeted device and reset it back to manufacturer’s defaults. (scenario: lost device) Retire: An IT administrator is granted access to remotely retire (or unenroll) targeted device and remove all mgmt. data and business applications that were installed. All personal data and settings are left intact. Password Policies: An IT administrator can enforce required password policies on the targeted device. Encryption Policies: An IT administrator can enforce required data encryption policies on the targeted device. Enforce disabling the SD card."

[Edited on April 17, 2013 at 12:58 AM. Reason : outside disabling the sd card, you can do all that with active sync]

4/17/2013 12:30:04 AM

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"i can't get my phone to show up in my devices or connect to xbox music. why in the fuck am I paying for this?"

Fuck Xbox Music. I cancelled my "Music Pass" after almost 4 years of subscribing because of exactly the same bullshit you experienced. The deal breaker for me is when they tried to charge me 164 dollars to renew my yearly pass.

I just subscribed to Spotify. There's a pretty good Windows 8 app, a great desktop app, works on all platforms, streams beautifully, great offline playback. Well worth the 9.99 a month. Most of my family has Spotify too (my parents did for a year before I finally gave up on xbox music).

4/17/2013 12:55:52 AM

^^The main thing over just Active Sync is app inventory management, which is unique to Windows Phone. The whole managed corporate catalog means that all of your corporate apps can be revoked, secured and managed in their own sandboxes.

I don't know what all else you need if you have this capability. iOS / Android need lots of other administrative lockdown to prevent data from getting off the device. But Windows Phone and the MS corporate catalog isolates everything at the app level, and separates your personal from professional identity on the phone (basically).

My big point over what you were saying last page is that you CAN have Active Directory integration to manage identity and policy, which when paired with ActiveSync, is really powerful.

4/17/2013 1:05:47 AM

Team WP8: Does the e-mail client actually respect the Reply-To header?

Because WP7.8 doesn't and it's annoying as hell.

4/17/2013 2:03:32 AM

In reading the links you sent, and I could be wrong, I get the resounding impression that you can authenticate back to AD via active sync, but there isn't something akin to a kerb infrastructure when that authentication then authorizes me to various resources. specifically, I'm looking to be able to have a SSO for mobile clients to something like sharepoint or some other corporate doc store because I do not trust mobile endpoints not to be compromised or somehow cache the credentials in an accessible file. if there's a way to do this, I'm all ears, because I have a lot of customers asking for it. for now i'm stuck with 2 factor auth to ensure there isn't something of value cached locally

4/17/2013 8:38:18 AM

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"I just subscribed to Spotify. There's a pretty good Windows 8 app, a great desktop app, works on all platforms, streams beautifully, great offline playback. Well worth the 9.99 a month. Most of my family has Spotify too (my parents did for a year before I finally gave up on xbox music)."

The instant I can download any apps again I'll give it a try. My guess it doesn't do the same low-level integration that Xbox Music does though (like other apps interacting with your music while it's playing) or am I wrong about that?

Stupid ATT was worthless, waiting until 10 to call Nokia so they can be worthless and send me to Microsoft since the problem is indubitably with my Windows Live Account.

4/17/2013 8:39:20 AM

And as expected I'm now chatting with MS.

4/17/2013 10:50:50 AM

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"Team WP8: Does the e-mail client actually respect the Reply-To header?"

what does this mean?

4/17/2013 11:38:36 AM

i assume he's saying that when a reply-to is specified and you hit "reply", it ignores the reply-to altogether and just replies to the sending address...which negates the purpose and use of reply-to

4/17/2013 11:59:03 AM

Exactly. For example, we use Sprintly at work, which e-mails from support@sprint.ly but the reply-to has a custom address for replying to a ticket you're working on.

On WP7.8 it just replies to support@ instead of the custom address.

4/17/2013 3:40:54 PM

Well, I did a factory reset and now I'm back in business. Stupid MS for not even suggesting to try it.

4/18/2013 7:56:56 PM

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/09/02/the-next-chapter-an-open-letter-from-steve-ballmer-and-stephen-elop.aspx

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9/2/2013 11:52:23 PM

I know the market doesn't like it, but I do. The Lumia line is really great and now there is no risk of Nokia pulling out.

9/3/2013 9:52:56 AM

damn, there goes my hopes for an android Nokia

9/3/2013 12:42:28 PM

So just a deal update

You can get a Black Nokia Lumia 520 (AT&T GoPhone) bundled with an 8gb MicroSD card and Blue extra battery cover in-store for $79.99 at Radioshack.

And then head over to walmart.com and get an AT&T straighttalk SIM for $6.88.

And you have a pretty damn awesome smartphone with unlimited everything. I've outfitted a ton of friends and family with the 520 now, and they universally love the phone (these are all folks venturing into their first smartphones). If you aren't tied to the Apple App ecosystem and don't want to get suckered into a crappy contract and don't feel like shelling out 5-800 for a cell phone, this is a hell of a deal.

I've actually talked several coworkers who are diehard android/iOS users to pick this phone up and sim swap just to try it out. At 80 bucks, its a pretty compelling way to get techies to try out an alternative platform.

10/7/2013 7:31:53 PM

^ What phone do you use?

10/7/2013 10:22:58 PM

^ I use an unlocked 920. Love it. I'll skip the 1020 because its too expensive and second hand market is tiny. Got my 920 for $230 off CL in like new condition.

10/8/2013 4:32:26 AM

I got my parents refurb 900's on straighttalk as their first smart phones. LTE, indestructible, and an intuitive OS that's been great for them. they are very pleased.

[Edited on October 8, 2013 at 8:52 AM. Reason : ~$140 on ebay]

10/8/2013 8:52:30 AM

^Yep, the 520 is even more "indestructable" because it doesn't have the wireless charging built in, so it's a fair bit lighter (aka when you drop it, there isn't as much thud).

10/8/2013 10:56:42 PM

Lots of news:

- Official Instagram and Vine coming "within weeks"
- Lumia "Black" update to include support for RAW and will allow you to refocus photos
- Xbox Video coming (finally) over the holidays
- GoToMeeting and Webex clients coming
- Windows Phone version support extended to 36 months
- Enterprise Feature Pack coming 1st half of 2014
- Flipboard coming to WP8 and Win8
- Lumia 1520 details now official
- Microsoft working on RDP client
- Nokia Storyteller looks neat (though not that different from similar apps)
- Nokia Beamer projects phone screen to any HTML5-enables screen (From the name I assume it will do poorly against ranked competition but do well in a weak app ecosystem)
- Other new apps coming, including phablet-friendling note taking apps Papyryus and InNote

and kinda related: microsoft is reportedly testing their own google glass type eyewhere

10/22/2013 9:41:07 AM

i wonder if that google glass thing is the xbox glasses that they keep misreporting every few months

10/22/2013 12:07:18 PM

Anyone here on 8.1? After trying it for a day I'm not missing Android as much as I had thought. Vast improvement from 8.

4/16/2014 7:44:23 PM

I'm on it. Was looking for this thread a few days ago too. I installed it on my HTC 8X on Monday and got a Lumia Icon yesterday and installed 8.1 on it as well. It definitely bridges a lot of the gaps / shortcomings that I was experiencing. Overall, I'm pretty impressed.

4/17/2014 8:56:05 AM

It's pretty great, though the notification system is all over the place (which I'd imagine will be fixed as more apps are hooked into the Notification Center), the Music app sucks now (though allegedly a fix is coming), and the lack of built in Facebook Messenger is also disappointing.

A lot of steps forward, but a couple of big steps back too. Overall really nice though.

4/17/2014 3:59:56 PM

Looove the 8.1 update. Notification center (and quick setting buttons) are awesome. Cortana cleaned up a lot of things too (no more mashing the windows button to search).

And with Instagram finally being available, I'm down to just missing FlightTrack Pro and Chrome. Literally every other app I use is now on Windows Phone (Spotify, Mint, Instagram, Facebook, Fidelity, all my airlines, Skype, Viber, etc)

Also just moved to Verizon and the Lumia Icon Black, and wow the beefed up hardware (from the 920) does really make a difference in web browsing. The phone is absolutely lightning quick.

Also, for anyone else on unlimited data plans, get Tether-X. Tethering without the carrier plan bullshit.

4/18/2014 9:21:57 AM

I played with a blackberry the last week or so and really love it, but the lack of google voice is a big problem. I got it to work, but if the app isn't in the foreground, I don't get any notifications. Is there a functioning app on win phone?

4/18/2014 9:59:23 AM

Google just this week revoked ALL API access to Google Voice, so every GV app on every platform (except the official Android app) has stopped working completely.

Really sad, because I've relied on GV for years through MetroTalk on Windows Phone.

4/18/2014 10:13:41 AM

It's weird to me that Xbox Music and Office Mobile are better on Android than WP8

4/18/2014 11:36:28 AM

Denim has been released for the VZW Lumia Icon! woot!

2/11/2015 1:54:27 PM

I got an iPhone a few months ago.

No real regrets. Will see what happens come Windows 10.

2/13/2015 6:30:37 PM

My company just gave me an HTC... Trying to decide if I am going to carry two phones around now. Frankly, my iPhone 5s just works better. Windows Mobile ain't horrible, but it ain't great either.

2/15/2015 11:37:52 AM

good night...sweet prince

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