AFARIA 7 with WinMobile 6.5 (only WIFI, no Data Service)

[Former Member]

Hi guys,

I was reading the documentation for system requirements for the WinMob devices, and it says for these devices the following: "Requirements for client notification to connect: Short Message Service (SMS) and Data Service, Requirements for Remote Wipe and Device Lock: Short Message Service (SMS) and Data Service". I'm trying to manage several WinMob devices on AFARIA, but they only have a WIFI connection, my question is: Do I must have a data plan (data service / SMS) in order to do a Remote Wipe or Send a connection notification on the devices described before (only WIFI), or Can I perform this tasks to the devices with only WIFI connection?

I'll wait for your kind answers

BR,

MC

[nick_mackerness · Accepted solution]

Hi Mariana

Peter is of course correct.  Unlike APNS for iOS and GCM for Android, there is no cloud notification service available for Windows Mobile. 

It would be very difficult to route notification traffic from an Afaria Server to a Windows Mobile client on the Internet, so as mentioned, it would only work with a device on the same network as the Afaria Server, as the appropriate ports/firewalls/routing can be more easily configured.

Regards

Nick

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi guys,

As you both commented on your answers and I'm repeating for confirmation and understanding, with WinMob Devices I can not send notifications to connect because there is no such services on AFARIA for WinMob like there is for iOS and Android. For the other hand, I can do the Remote Wipe if the device has a data service plan (but my devices hasn't because they are handhelds) or it is connected on the same network of afaria server and it (the device) can "see" the server?

BR,

Mariana

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

RemoteWipe is SMS only.

Other sessions, including a new Data Security Manager Policy which could have a data fading policy to do a local wipe, could be pushed over any network providing that port 3005/tcp from server to device is open. As Nick says this is usually doable over corporate wifi

Peter

[Former Member]

Remote Wipe on Windows Mobile requires SMS service. You can trigger sessions using port 3005/tcp to the device if the server and devices are on the same network.

BR

Peter