Mobile Entrée is installed as a SharePoint solution and is deployed as a series of features. Since you read the first article, you already know that. One thing we didn't cover is how remarkably easy Mobile Entrée is to manage. The solution installs 3 features:
- Mobile Entrée Management Farm Feature
Provides functionality within Central Administration to manage Licensing, Caching and HTTP Filters. This can all be accessed from the Application Management tab in Central Admin.
- Mobile Entrée HTTP Modules Web Application Feature
Provides mobile device redirecting on a per Web application basis. This uses the HTTP Filters defined in Mobile Entrée Management.
- Mobile Entrée Base Site Feature
Provides the actual framework for mobile applications on a per-site basis. This will only be allowed to be activated if the HTTP Modules have been activated for the Web application.
How does this make things simple you ask? For starters, you never have to monkey around in your web.config files trying to get the HTTP module to work correctly. Licensing is also very lightweight. Again, all being managed from Central Admin. Most notably, mobile applications built upon the Mobile Entrée platform are built within features, allowing those custom apps to also fit nicely within the solution/feature architecture. The idea here is to standardize how mobile applications are developed and deployed so that maintenance for SharePoint Administrators is reduced.
The following is a video that covers these out-of-the-box features. For more information and to completely spoil the third post in this series, visit www.mobileentree.com.
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Jun 04 2009, 10:00 AM
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Jason Hall
Filed under: iPhone, Guest Blog, H3 Solutions, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Mobile Entrée, Jason C Hall, Mobile Apps for SharePoint, Mobile Entrée Base Site, Mobile Entrée HTTP Modules Web Application, SharePoint Solution, Mobile Entrée Management Farm
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About Jason Hall
Jason Hall is the Director of Marketing & Public Relations for Virginia-based H3 Solutions Incorporated, where he is responsible for developing strategic relationships and defining new market opportunities for H3 Solutions's Mobile Entrée®, the first ever Microsoft SharePoint mobile application framework.
For 15 years Jason has worked in a variety of software companies and has been fortunate to be part of the growth stages of one company that has reshaped how a mobile workforce interacts with Microsoft SharePoint.
Jason has envisioned, executed, managed and led a technology business, from CTO/EVP to Product Management and Sales, where he started. Jason has also worked in the manufacturing sector for Wiborg Vinyl Company where he rebuilt brand equity through a quality control process that led to a successful mult-million dollar sale.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Science for International Business from Barry University and a Certificate of Project Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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