Partner Extensibility

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is built to allow vendors to extend the base functionality existing in the product. To extend your management capabilities further, you can add third-party add-ons and applications from different vendors to get additional features such extended hardware and software inventory, remote control, and so on. Here are several applications for mobile device management known to the authors:

• Athena MDM from Odyssey Software (now part of Symantec), http://www.odysseysoftware.com/products/athena-for-configuration-manager.aspx#sccm, provides details.

• Quest Software offers its QMX (Quest Management Xtensions) for System Center. For information, see http://www.quest.com/management-xtensions-device-management-cm/ ...

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