Best MDM solution?

[loonytunes]

I'm the ICT coordinator at a special school and our children have really embraced iPads and over the last few years the Head has given me lots of money to buy iPads in quite a short space of time. Unfortunately for various reasons, the management of the iPads was never properly considered and I've basically got lots of iPads running off a couple of iTunes accounts. After a year or so when other people were supposed to be helping remedy this and find an appropriate MDM solution I've been let down and its ended back on my plate. Please help!

The Head is about to buy some more iPads so that we'll be up to 1 iPad per pupil so in total we'll have about 150 devices. Which method of MDM would you recommend for us and how do I go about it? Also is there a way of doing it that will mean that we don't lose any apps that are already the iPads, many of which were free at the time they were installed and were put on before volume purchase was available? Sorry, I know I should know better and shouldn't have got to this point but its where we are and I'm trying my best to rectify it now. Thank you

[bart21]

Look at mobile iron it's really good. Or BES now does all mdm not just blackberry.

[adamholt1]

Hi,

 

Was in the exact same boat as you a few months ago.

 

We have used Lightspeed MDM. We did the same regarding a few accounts but now we have had to have 1 account per iPad so we comply. There is a huge cost with this especially considering the specialist SEN apps we have - some costing anything from £20-£40 PER iPad PER app!!!

 

Be prepared though - it is a very lengthy process!!

 

Hope this has helped!