[ipad] One Apple ID for all School iPads?

[Bento]

Hi All,

 

Just a quick one from me.

 

We have about 40 iPads that are assigned to staff, these are configured using configurator, which also applies our Meraki MDM profile. The staff iPads are using the staff's own Apple ID which we then assign and revoke apps to via the MDM method. Great, all works (relatively) well.

 

We have however got an iPad safe in our Library with 16 iPads in that are booked out as and when, setup the same way as the staff iPads (supervised with configurator, then MDM'd with Meraki). The question is; in this situation what is best? One "school" Apple ID that is signed in on all 16 of these, or a different ID for each one? Which would probably end up being [email protected]. These too are on the Meraki MDM.

 

Still trying to work out the ideal system for us because my office (With the mac mini server) is at the other end of the school to the Library so it really has to be a wireless solution.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Brimstone]

A different ID per iPad, managed distribution will not work otherwise....

[Bento]

Thanks Brimstone,

 

During my testing it was all setup and working with one ID across multiple iPads, however just wanted to make sure that I was doing it right for other reasons that I may have missed.

[iom100]

Have you seen this document?

https://meraki.cisco.com/lib/pdf/meraki_whitepaper_ios.pdf

 

It has all the different models mapped out with proc and cons for each.

[mikkydoos]

I'm using one ID and I have problems with them all syncing photos etc between them.

 

Lengthy job to separately create ID's for each one

[biz]

@mikkydoos it is a lengthy job, but if you have access to a Mac there are Apple Script files on Github that will create (https://github.com/aaronfreimark/Apple-ID-AppleScript) and verify (https://github.com/ntoqiakt/AppleID-Verification-AppleScirpt) the IDs for you