Biomehanika:

Dave Parker MVP:

direct access using USB drivers to the memory of the device

Do the transfer speeds increase at this point to match those when copying directly to a MicroSD in a card reader? Or does the transfer speed still match that through ActiveSync?

 The main point which would stop me from getting a Diamond is that lack of external memory and the speed issues attributed to copying through ActeSync.

The first thing I did when I got my Diamond was install Copilot 7 and fill the rest of the 4GB with music. I did it over WMDC (before I read the manual) and it took about 2 hours to copy the 4GB across. Once I realised the settings for data transfer made the difference I tried again and it took about 45 minutes. That's about the same it takes my lappy to transfer the same amount of data to a MicroSD card.

davidc:

 I've been working with MDM for quite some time now. If anyone wanted to know anything about it I'm more than happy to help. 

Do you use it in conjunction with Exchange 2007? If so what benefits (real world) does it give you?

 Yes, In conjunction with 2007 SP1 - which has some impressive DM features in itself.

But a quick outline of the features that impress me most - 

More policies than you can enforce with 2007 SP1. 

The devices are domain joined, that is they exist as objects in AD and you can enforce Group policy the same way you would with desktops (IT group, and general user group - the IT group might have less-restrictive policies etc. )

The out-of-the-box functionality of it,  you turn the device on, select enroll, enter your email address and One-Time-Password and bang... your device is connected to your corporate network via ipsec vpn,  this is great, as companies no longer have to even publish their exchange servers externaly.everything the devices and users use can be hosted internally.

 There is a plethora of advantages,  but as I said, the two things I love most are the domain integration (Can be managed through group policy as if they were computers), and the out-of-the-box state they come in.  You can have users up and running with full company policy and VPN connectivity in less than 2 minutes. 

 Although its worth noting that the out-of-the-box ability is half due to 6.1 itself having the enrollment client built in. 

Also,  Something I find handy as an IT worker. Because you are VPN'd into the network, you can utilise the built in remote desktop client that is in alot of 6 and 6.1 devices.  Lets say a server needs to be shutdown or a virtual host brought up urgently and you are 30 minutes away from the office, Open up your device, remote to your workstation and bring the host up or down or whatever.

While its inconvenient using the small screen, its something that you previously would have to get to a workstation, install your VPN client on it (Assuming that was even possible) and connect in. 

You can achieve this with other solutions, but not out-of-the-box.