Fazza Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 One of our schools has around 60 iPads that we now need to support and at the moment they are unmanaged so we're looking for a Mobile Device Manager solution so we can easily look after their devices for them. Are you using an MDM solution that you're happy/unhappy with and care to share your experience? Then please let me know roughly how many devices you use it with and an approx costing as I have no idea at this stage how much this is going to cost us? We've also got a few Surface RTs that I'd like to use with MDM too. Thanks.
hardtailstar Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Not sure where you are but we have just signed up for a MDM through the County IT support company, I'm in Kent and this is it http://www.eiskent.co.uk/default.cfm?cat=support&sec=7.48.73&cattitle=Product%20Overview seemed cheap and easy to use, only had them set up for about a week. EDIT: If you're not in Kent then im not sure they would do it.
Frut02 Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Have you looked into meraki? It's free! Not sure how much you can do with it though!
SovietRussia Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 If you also have Surface RTs, you might want to look at Windows InTune - Its pricey from what I can remember, but you get an integrated MDM solution that supports Win RT + iOS, Android, the usual etc Windows Intune | Microsoft
Fazza Posted February 5, 2014 Author Posted February 5, 2014 Have you looked into meraki? It's free! Not sure how much you can do with it though! From what I understand it's a pain to set up but once done it's OK but doesnt handle Surface RT's. And the person who told me this is interested in whatever MDM solution we go for as they want a proper one themselves!
Fazza Posted February 6, 2014 Author Posted February 6, 2014 Not sure where you are but we have just signed up for a MDM through the County IT support company, I'm in Kent and this is it http://www.eiskent.co.uk/default.cfm?cat=support&sec=7.48.73&cattitle=Product%20Overview seemed cheap and easy to use, only had them set up for about a week. EDIT: If you're not in Kent then im not sure they would do it. They're using lightspeed which is normally sourced through your ISP as it may replace your existing firewall, it's something we've discussed with our ISP and they are a reseller so it all depends on what other MDM solutions you guys can tell us about so we can get quotes and work out the most cost effective solution that meets our needs. I'm guessing from the lack of replies, schools that have purchased iPads are not managing with an MDM solution and have just handed them out to people.
GeekyPete Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Apple configurator for iPads. It easy to use if all you want to do is what your overlords at Apple deem acceptable. Personally I find anything Apple frustrating and annoying. (for F-Annoy than Fan-boi). Still to tackle Droids and we have no plans to go Win Surface. Especially not RT.
SovietRussia Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 They're using lightspeed which is normally sourced through your ISP as it may replace your existing firewall, it's something we've discussed with our ISP and they are a reseller so it all depends on what other MDM solutions you guys can tell us about so we can get quotes and work out the most cost effective solution that meets our needs. I'm guessing from the lack of replies, schools that have purchased iPads are not managing with an MDM solution and have just handed them out to people. For RTs, the best solution is InTune, as I posted above.
Fazza Posted February 7, 2014 Author Posted February 7, 2014 Apple Configurator is exactly that a configuration tool, it doesn't manage your iPads - at the moment for our own (very) small batch of iPads we use configurator to basically wipe the iPads after each use and put them back to our Golden Image but this is not Mobile Device Management. I appreciate the best solution is InTune but at around £10 per device, per month it is way out of our price range. So far I have found at least 8 MDM solutions but so far on EduGeek people are only using a couple of them, I was hoping to get some proper feedback from Schools rather than listening to a salesperson of each company telling me there's is the better solution!!!
SovietRussia Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Apple Configurator is exactly that a configuration tool, it doesn't manage your iPads - at the moment for our own (very) small batch of iPads we use configurator to basically wipe the iPads after each use and put them back to our Golden Image but this is not Mobile Device Management. I appreciate the best solution is InTune but at around £10 per device, per month it is way out of our price range. So far I have found at least 8 MDM solutions but so far on EduGeek people are only using a couple of them, I was hoping to get some proper feedback from Schools rather than listening to a salesperson of each company telling me there's is the better solution!!! If I were you, try and go for Meraki, I know it won't support RT, but how many RT devices do you have? Can you manage them locally? (I know its a pain!) (Also, I don't see any sales people here...)
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