VMware announces AirWatch Express

Today, VMware announced a new version of the Mobile Device Management Suite called AirWatch Express.  AirWatch Express is a more admin-friendly, less complicated version of AirWatch that mainly focusses on SMB and Telco customers.

AirWatch Express will be available for only $2,50 per User per Month and contains a couple of new cool features that are hopefully coming to the normal AirWatch Suite as well.

Simplified Console

The first thing that is new, is a simplified console. And it’s simplified for a couple of reasons. First of all, AirWatch Express has less functionality. Second of all, blueprints are introduced which consolidates a lot of functionality.

The differences in the interfaces are quite clear.
The differences in the interfaces are quite clear.
Easy setup

Setting up AirWatch is quite some work. Although it has a great wizard that helps you started and configure everything, the wizard has been greatly simplified in AirWatch Express:

AirWatch Express blueprint

Blueprints

A new wizard-based feature that let’s you configure a new use case in AirWatch by answering questions. Stuff like the type of applications you would like to add and for what types of devices and which users. In a simple overview you are able to select policies for multiple devices, which saves you a lot of time and makes managing mobile devices a lot easier.

The AirWatch Express Blueprint wizard helps you create a new use case.
The AirWatch Express Blueprint wizard helps you create a new use case.
Configure passcode and restrictions in one simple interface across multiple platforms simultaneously.
Configure passcode and restrictions in one simple interface across multiple platforms simultaneously.
It's very easy so create device profiles and link them to a certain use case.
It’s very easy so create device profiles and link them to a certain use case.

As you can see in the above screenshots, setting up AirWatch Express is very easy which could assist less-technical administrators in setting up a Mobile Device Management solutions in just little time.

AirWatch Express is directly available via http://airwatchexpress.com and a free month by registering for a trial license is available as well.

Great work AirWatch!

Johan van Amersfoort