TouchDown for iOS: A feature-rich Exchange client for iPhone and iPad

Not long ago there were very few options for accessing Microsoft Exchange server from an iPhone or iPad . While iOS Mail, Contacts and Calendar applications have the ability to connect to Exchange (via ActiveSync), many features are not available in applications first Apple. Things got so bad for a while, " I had to carry an Android phone , plus my iPhone so I could run Touchdown for Android to check availability of meeting people and meeting booking Exchange.

If you live and die by the Exchange server at the office, you should check touchdown for iOS ($ 19.99, App Store) from NitroDesk . Touchdown was one of my favorite client Exchange mine for a couple of years because it offers features not available on the iPhone. Everything changed in 2012 when NitroDesk Touchdown released for iOS .

TouchDown Exchange client is a complete (which supports email, contacts, calendar, tasks and notes) , but probably the most important feature of a discrete client is maintaining its separate corporate data from personal data. If your iOS device is misplaced, you can choose to delete only business data and not everything on the device. Another advantage is that personal email, contacts and calendar apps Apple does not back up the Exchange server with the company (depending on configuration).

Using Apple Mail , Contacts , Calendar and applications is not possible to separate church and state.
Here are some things that touchdown that native Apple applications do not:

• Create Task/Calendar event from an email
• Server search (Not on 2003)
• Customization settings for S/MIME
• Tasks, Calendar, Notes, Contacts, and Mail in one secure container
• Custom Rules
• Speak notifications
• App level PIN
• Secure container, meaning server policies affect App only
• Sync different time periods
• Filters
• Category support, including ability to create new categories and customize existing category colors
• HTML signature support
• Optional copy to phone
• Week/Agenda view in calendar
• Complex Sort/Filter on tasks
• Docufence secure repository allows for attachments to be saved and retrieved
• Ability to trust all certs
• Themes
• Customize outbound email style
• Extensive inbox options, as well as many calendar customization options
• Ability to disable/enable GAL search

TouchDown also has a number of great security features:

• Data at Rest encryption 
• Remote wipe/kill
• AES-256 encryption
• S/MIME
• IRM support with Exchange 2010(SP2)
• PIN Policy at application level (Not device level, meaning only PIN is in front of Touchdown.)
• Enterprise Configuration Extensions
• Separation of personal data and corporate data (meaning a remote wipe will only wipe Touchdown, not your personal stuff.)

However, TouchDown works great as a secure container all-in-one solution for your business data. It not only protects the data structure, but kept separate from personal information, so it is a good BYOD solution for users who want to access their corporate data on your personal device without compromising their private information.