iPad SMB/Enterprise Management
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I have 34 sites currently. 200+ iPads which we use for our clients learning games etc. I'm wondering what everyone is using to manage their ipads (updates, limiting access, etc) as it seems like they were never designed to be used by medium-big companies from what I've seen.
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All iPad management is really in the form of MDM. What MDM solutions have you looked at thus far?
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@scottalanmiller said:
All iPad management is really in the form of MDM. What MDM solutions have you looked at thus far?
Honestly just random stuff. Bushel/Kaseya/Labtech/Hexnode
Not comprehensively though.
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GFI does it as well.
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well, max focus or whatever it is this year
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sorry, this is the new me. Yes. MaxFocus does MDM. if you want i can show you what it offers. BYOD or Company owned?
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@KyleCaminita said:
sorry, this is the new me. Yes. MaxFocus does MDM. if you want i can show you what it offers. BYOD or Company owned?
I won't make a decision until I see what each offers and the prices etc. I expect BYOD will be more cost effective but I'm not sure by how much. That's typically how I do it. I like to have all of the pieces together and see a complete picture. It would be great to see what it offers.
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i mean are you guys ipads BYOD or company owned?
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that makes it much nicer
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@KyleCaminita said:
that makes it much nicer
GFI has different policies for company owned vs byod.The concept of people bringing in their own devices just gave me PTSD
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There are many MDMs out there, there are quite a few to pick from.
Just remember that iOS by it's nature, limits what you can do as an admin. So certain things will be impossible.
Have you tried the Cisco MDM? It's free, using it for a few devices at the moment.
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@wirestyle22 said:
@KyleCaminita said:
that makes it much nicer
GFI has different policies for company owned vs byod.The concept of people bringing in their own devices just gave me PTSD
I love it. If BYOD causes any concern, use that as a way to find something wrong with your network. If your network is secure, BYOD causes no concern. BYOD is only scary when the network is insecure and we are hoping it doesn't fall apart.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@KyleCaminita said:
that makes it much nicer
GFI has different policies for company owned vs byod.The concept of people bringing in their own devices just gave me PTSD
I love it. If BYOD causes any concern, use that as a way to find something wrong with your network. If your network is secure, BYOD causes no concern. BYOD is only scary when the network is insecure and we are hoping it doesn't fall apart.
That's a good way to look at it SAM. I'm going to try to adjust my outlook!
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@Breffni-Potter said:
There are many MDMs out there, there are quite a few to pick from.
Just remember that iOS by it's nature, limits what you can do as an admin. So certain things will be impossible.
Have you tried the Cisco MDM? It's free, using it for a few devices at the moment.
I'm checking it out right now. It's free for 100 devices from what I'm seeing. Unsure of how much it costs past that. Anyone have a round about number?
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Is Cisco MDM descended from Meraki MDM?
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We used that for a long time. It's pretty good.
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@scottalanmiller said:
We used that for a long time. It's pretty good.
Do they have a per device cost? I'm trying to get a handle on it. I wonder if they do pricing for non-profits.
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@wirestyle22 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
We used that for a long time. It's pretty good.
Do they have a per device cost? I'm trying to get a handle on it. I wonder if they do pricing for non-profits.
The last I heard was that the Meraki MDM was free for up to 100 devices or so... Is that still the case?
