iOS Microsoft Exchange Email Configuration

With MobiControl, you can configure Microsoft Exchange Email settings for your Apple iOS device. To arrive at this configuration menu, select the device or the group, right-click, select Configure Device(s), and click Email Configuration.

Connection Options

Option Description
Account Name Enter the account name of your organization.
Domain Enter the domain name of your organization.
Server Enter the server address of your organization.
Use SSL This option allows the end user to select whether or not SSL is used for communication with the Exchange server.
Authentication Credential Certificate Select an Authentication Credential Certificate from the list of authentication certificates installed on the device.
User Enter the user name associated with your exchange account.
Password Enter the account password here.
Re-type Password Re-type the account password here to verify accuracy.
Email Enter the Email address associated with your exchange account.
Sync the past Select how far back to synchronize past Emails. The following options are available:
  • One Day
  • Three Days
  • One Week
  • Two Weeks
  • One Month
  • 3 months
  • 6 months
  • Unlimited

iOS 5 only options

Option Description
Allow Moving Messages Between Email Accounts Permits the users to move Email messages between the different configured Email accounts on the device.
Allow 3rd Party Applications to Send Email Permits 3rd party applications on the device to use this Email account for sending Email.
Enable S/MIME Allows you to utilize the following S/MIME cryptographic security services for Emails accounts:
  • authentication
  • message integrity
  • non-repudiation of origin (using digital signatures)
  • privacy and data security (using encryption)

S/MIME specifies the MIME type application/pkcs7-mime (smime-type "enveloped-data") for data enveloping (encrypting) where the whole (prepared) MIME entity to be enveloped is encrypted and packed into an object which subsequently is inserted into an application/pkcs7-mime MIME entity.
Signing Certificate Select the existing S/MIME Signing Certificate from the certificate library on the device.
Encryption Certificate Select the existing S/MIME Encryption Certificate from the certificate library on the device.