Microsoft Uses Active Directory to Tighten MDM Security

The company capitalizes on Active Directory’s user identity management capabilities to lock down mobile data.

After extending its embrace to rival mobile platforms, Microsoft is now looking to tighten security in its ecosystem of mobile device management (MDM) solutions.
During this week’s Ignite conference in Chicago, Microsoft’s inaugural event for IT professionals, the company’s mobile device management announcements were “very focused on cyber-security in particular,” Andrew Conway, senior director of Enterprise Mobility at Microsoft, told eWEEK. Increasingly, the lynchpin in the company’s efforts to secure sensitive and private data is Active Directory (AD), Microsoft’s user identity and access and platform.

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