The top 6 enterprise issues for Windows Phone 7

18.03.2010
Sometime in the next few weeks, will reveal features, services and shortcomings for Windows Phone 7 in the enterprise. It will be one of those good news/bad news moments for corporate IT departments.

So far, Microsoft's mobile platform executives have hammered at the consumer focus for the radically redesigned Windows Phone operating system. At this week's MIX10 Web developer conference, where details of the Windows Phone platform and development tools were unveiled, executives sidestepped, minimized or deflected nearly every question about how and how well the operating system will play in business mobility.

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"Not all the enterprise elements are being disclosed here," says Todd Brix, senior director, product management, for Microsoft's mobile communications business. "More will be coming up later in the spring."

But based on comments, acknowledgements and hints, here's what we know:

1. A platform shift