Migrating to Light or Depth Management

Organizations will have two major options when migrating to future Microsoft mobile device technologies. The light device management option offers remote device wipe and device configuration on a large range of devices, but capabilities will vary significantly across device platforms. Depth device management offers more capabilities, including simpler device enrollment and application deployment and updating, but will work on fewer devices and will require deployment of Microsoft’s Configuration Manager computer and device configuration product.

Device Management Today	Light Device Management	Depth Device Management
Neither Exchange Server nor Configuration Manager	Evaluate and deploy Exchange for ActiveSync-based management	Evaluate and deploy Configuration Manager 2012
Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010	Use Exchange and ActiveSync-based management	Evaluate and deploy Configuration Manager 2012
System Center Mobile Device Manager