An Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a New Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policy.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Exchange ActiveSync device settings" entry in the Client Access Permissions topic.

1. In the console tree, navigate to Organization Configuration > Client Access.
   
   
2. In the work pane, click the Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policies tab, select an existing mailbox policy, and then click Properties in the action pane.
   
   
3. Click the Password tab.
   
   
4. Select the Require password check box.
   
   
5. Select the Time without user input before password must be entered (in minutes) check box.
   
   
6. Enter the inactivity time-out value in minutes.
   
   
7. Click OK.
   
   

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Exchange ActiveSync device settings" entry in the Client Access Permissions topic.

This example configures the Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy named Default for device password locking after 15 minutes.

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Set-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy -Identity "Default" -DevicePasswordEnabled: $true -MaxInactivityTimeDeviceLock: 00:15:00

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy.

After you configure device password locking, you may also want to:

• Recover a Device Password
  
  
• Perform a Remote Wipe on a Mobile Phone