Exchange Online–Configure mobile device policy

If you take a look at the Exchange Admin console in Office 365 and then setup a new mobile device policy you may find that some of the more advanced options, such as block attachments, is not available in the admin console:

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You may notice the following message in the mobile device policy when you select any of the polices that have been setup:

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This basically means that to configure some of the controls you will need to use PowerShell in order to make changes. Two steps can achieve this:

1. Connect to Exchange Online via PowerShell (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj984289(v=exchg.150).aspx)

2. Use the Set-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy command to enable or disable the settings that you wish (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123756(v=exchg.150).aspx)

If you take a look at the URL above for the Set- ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy command, under parameters will give you a full list of the policies that you can apply to the mobile devices.

Cheers

Paul

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