Chapter 2. Configuration; Xml Configuration Files - Lenovo ThinkPad Deployment Manual

Chapter 2. Configuration

The ThinkPad Tablet allows you to configure the corporate services that users need by specifying
configuration settings in XML files. When these XML files are delivered to users and imported by the ThinkPad
Tablet, the settings are applied by the ThinkPad Tablet. Configuring the ThinkPad Tablet with XML files helps
make it easier for users to connect to their corporate networks and accounts, and quickly be productive.

XML configuration files

The ThinkPad Tablet allows you to configure corporate services for users by specifying configuration settings
in the XML file. When these XML files are delivered to users and loaded on the ThinkPad Tablet, the settings
are automatically applied by the tablet. Configuring the ThinkPad Tablet with XML files makes it easier for the
user to connect to corporate networks and accounts.
Using the XML file, you can configure the following:
• Microsoft Exchange e-mail server
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Wireless Network Settings
• Digital certificates
• Active Directory domain server
• Device Policies
You can create a single, common XML configuration file for multiple users. The XML file may contain, for
example, the configuration settings for the secure corporate wireless network, the CA certificate for the
wireless network, and the address of the corporate Exchange server. You can make this XML file available to
the user by sending it to the user's personal e-mail account, which the user can access using an unsecured
visitor network connection, or the user's home internet connection. Or you can also put the XML configuration
file on a Web server, making it accessible to any user that already has the proper intranet credentials.
Once the XML configuration file is received by the user, that user simply taps the file and the Lenovo
Configuration Profile Handler is launched to import and apply the configuration settings on the device. The
user may be prompted to enter personal logon credentials if they were not included in the configuration file,
but all of the common server information and settings will be predefined for the user.
You can secure the XML configuration file by digitally signing and/or encrypting it. Encrypting helps ensure
that sensitive data included in the configuration file, such as passwords, cannot be read by unauthorized
users. Digital signatures helps ensure that the contents of the file are not changed in any way.
The Configuration Profile Sign and Encrypt Utility allows signing of the configuration profile with an
embedded private key. The utility also allowsthe file to be encrypted using an encryption key derived
from the password provided to the utility.
The XML configuration file naming convention always has a file extension of .lenovoconfig, so that the
ThinkPad Tablet will recognize it as a configuration file. The file consists of three parts:
1. LenovoConfigSettings
2. LenovoPolicySettings
3. AndroidPolicySettings
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