Learn How to Use the Configuration Guide

Windows® phone enables customers to leverage existing IT infrastructure and management tools, providing a scalable, low total cost of ownership mobile messaging solution. Although this is a major strength of the Windows® phone solution, it also presents a key challenge during the sales process, as companies have many different architectural options available when deploying a messaging infrastructure. The good news is that Windows® phone is able to work across all of these architectures, and with guidance on the necessary steps to deploy on their IT infrastructures, your customers can take advantage of the business benefits offered by Windows® phone.

The Configuration Guide is a wizard-based application designed to simplify the process of determining the necessary deployment steps to support mobile messaging for your customer’s specific environment (size, messaging infrastructure, mobility needs, etc.). The tool asks the customer a series of easy-to-understand questions from a survey and leverages this information to output a comprehensive step-by-step deployment plan. Both the questionnaire and the output dynamically change based on how you answer the questions, so pay careful attention to what you select throughout the process.

Ideally, this application will be run in front of a customer contact within the IT department, though it should also prove useful for sales engagement preparations. You are able to view, print, or save your scenario outputs once you’ve completed the assessment.

System Requirements
 

The system requirements for running the Configuration Guide are as follows:

Operating System Options

  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft  Windows Vista Business
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 

Browser Requirements

  • Internet Explorer 6.0 and above
Running the Configuration Guide
 

Running the Configuration Guide involves gathering information about your customer’s current network infrastructure in order to provide the appropriate steps to deploy a Windows® phone solution within a specific organization. The following describes the sections within the Configuration Guide Wizard process.  

Landing Page

Once the option Launch the Configuration Guide is clicked, the Landing Page will be the first screen displayed in the Configuration Guide questionnaire process [Figure 1]. Click Next to start the questionnaire, Back to return to the Splash Screen, or Quit, to exit the application.

Figure 1 - The Configuration Guide Landing Page Screen

Questionnaire Screens

The Questionnaire Screens [Figure 2] are designed to gather information about a customer’s specific IT infrastructure and mobility requirements. The steps within the questionnaire dynamically change based on how you answer each of these questions, with additional information and resources on the right side of the screen to help ensure that you make the appropriate selection before proceeding.   

Figure 2 - The Configuration Guide Questionnaire Screen


Solution Output Screen
 

Once all of the questions have been answered, The Configuration Guide will display a pre-formatted report [Figure 3] outlining recommended Windows Mobile operating system deployment steps. In addition to this, the tool will output a set of best practices and links to additional information. At the very bottom of solution output screen, you have the ability to view, print, or save your scenario outputs.

Figure 3 - Example Configuration Guide Solution Output Screens

            


   

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