Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 8.1 features: enterprise VPN, S/MIME, and new MDM capabilities

Apr02

by Sindy Cator on April 2, 2014 at 4:43 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Product Updates

At its Build 2014 conference today, Microsoft underlined new enterprise features in Windows Phone 8.1. These include support for enterprise VPN, S/MIME encryption, and new mobile device management (MDM) capabilities. Nick Hedderman, a global product marketing manager at Microsoft, showed off each of the three on the fly. The first was enterprise VPN, which means the user can access sites strictly for employees. It uses the standard browser and allows users to bypass firewalls. Taking this one step further, users can swipe down and access the new Action Center – Microsoft’s equivalent of a notification center – and save VPN…