Mobile Device Mail Policy O365

Created by Baijnath Kumar, Modified on Thu, 17 Oct, 2019 at 9:58 AM by Baijnath Kumar

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In Office 365, you can create mobile device mailbox policies to apply a common set of policies or security settings to a collection of users. These policies allow an organization to create secure settings for the action of accessing company’s data through a mobile device. A default mobile device mailbox policy is created in every Office 365 organization.

Mobile device mailbox policies can be created in the Exchange admin center (EAC) or Exchange Online PowerShell. If you create a policy in the EAC, you can configure only a subset of the available settings. You can configure the rest of the settings using Exchange Online PowerShell.

Settings Of Mobile Device Mailbox Policies

You can use mobile device mailbox policies to manage many different settings. These include the following:

Require a password
Specify the minimum password length
Allow a numeric PIN or require special characters in the password
Designate how long a device can be inactive before requiring the user to re-enter a password
Wipe a device after a specific number of failed password attempts

How To Edit A Mobile Device Mailbox Policy Using Exchange Admin Center

Go to your Office Portal and select Admin app (this will only be visible if you are an admin in your organization).

In the window that appears, first, click on Mobile tab, and then click on Mobile device mailbox policies.

After clicking on Mobile device mailbox policies, select the policy which you want to edit and then click on Edit option.

A window appears. In the window, select Security.

In the window as can be seen, there is the list of settings which we discussed before. Customize these settings as per your need, and then select save. Your policy will be edited.

How To Create A New Mobile Device Mailbox Policy Using Exchange Admin Center

First, click on the ‘+’ sign.

A popup window appears. In the window, name the policy in the name-box and then configure the settings which were discussed in how to edit a policy section.