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

At its Build 2014 conference today, Microsoft today underlined new enterprise features in Windows Phone 8.1. These include support for enterprise VPN, S/MIME, 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 that are 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...



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