ThinkPadTabletDeploymentGuide
ThinkPadTabletDeploymentGuide
Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixA
“Notices”onpage17.
FirstEdition(August2011)
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Contents
Chapter1.Overview..........1
LenovoDevicePolicyManagerService.....2
Chapter2.Conguration.......5
XMLcongurationles...........5
ActiveDirectorydomainserver........11
CongurationProleSignandEncryptUtility...11
LenovoProleManager...........11
Chapter3.UsingMicrosoftExchange
ActiveSync..............13
Chapter4.LenovoMobility
Manager................15
AppendixA.Notices..........17
Trademarks................18
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Chapter1.Overview
TheLenovoThinkPadT abletgivesyoutheabilitytocongureandmanagethetabletusingregulartoolssuch
asyouusewithinyourenterprise.Youcancontroltabletfunctions,enablecorporatesecurity,passwords,
encryptionanddigitalsignatures.
YoucanpushdowncongurationorpolicysettingstotheThinkPadTabletintheseways:
•MicrosoftExchangeActiveSync
•AnXMLcongurationle
•LenovoMobilityManager
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HereistheinformationowfortheThinkPadTablet:
Figure1.ThinkPadT abletow
MicrosoftExchangeisusedasthecorporateemailcommunicationmethod.
YoucancreateormodifyanXMLleusingeitheratexteditororanXMLeditortopushdowntotheThinkPad
tabletthroughtheLenovoCongurationFileHandlerAPK.OryoucanuseLenovoMobilityManagerSuiteto
manageyouruser’sThinkPadtabletsusingthesuppliedLenovoMobilityManagerAPK.Thesemethodsthen
arepassedthroughtheLenovoDevicePolicyManagerService.Formoreinformation,see“LenovoDevice
PolicyManagerService”onpage2
.
LenovoDevicePolicyManagerService
TheDevicePolicyManagerServicehandlesthemanagementoftheThinkPadTablet.Thiscomponent
providesaninterfacethatallowsmanagementtools,suchasActiveSync,anXMLle,orLenovoMobility
Managertoconguredevicefeatures,suchasWiFiprolesanddevicepolicies.
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