IPads in School - Managing Them

[JATSO]

Hi All,

 

One of my schools now has about 15 Ipads that they have bought from various sources not the Apple Ed store, so my question is how do I manage them seems we can't use School manager because the devices don't come from an Apple re-seller or the Apple Ed store.

So does anyone know how its done?

 

Could do with some pointers on this one.

 

We do have a Mac book so wondering if that could manage them? but what to use?

 

Thanks

[Joanne]

Download Apple Configurator 2 on the mac and use that. Build a blueprint with the WiFi deets and any MDM profiles. Plug in iPad to mac, prepare and apply blueprint.

 

Also sign up for a VPP account to buy apps with and sign in with that account on Apple Configurator.

[JATSO]

Download Apple Configurator 2 on the mac and use that. Build a blueprint with the WiFi deets and any MDM profiles. Plug in iPad to mac, prepare and apply blueprint.

 

Also sign up for a VPP account to buy apps with and sign in with that account on Apple Configurator.

 

Thanks Joanne, I will take a look.

[NB9457]

Set them up initially with the Mac using Configurator 2 and have a look into an MDM to remotely manage them and push out APPs

 

Mosyle

[Guest MD5T]

If you are unable to add them into DEP then you're best bet is apple configurator. There is little point adding them into a MDM as students will just remove the profiles rendering them useless

[NB9457]

If you are unable to add them into DEP then you're best bet is apple configurator. There is little point adding them into a MDM as students will just remove the profiles rendering them useless

 

You can prevent this and passcode lock the profiles.

[Guest MD5T]

Not if the profile is MDM.

[Joanne]

There is a restriction you can add that prevents the removal of profiles... I remember having to disable it when I was testing something and needed to remove profiles!

[aarongulley]

We currently manage our iPads with Lightspeed MDM and Apple School Manager with Apple caching server. Works very well.

 

Teachers use Apple classroom to manage their set of iPads.

[aarongulley]

If you're new to iPads. I would recommend. Apple configurator 2 or look at Meraki if you have under 100 devices. If you have above 100 it's premium (costs)

[snagrat]

If you're new to iPads. I would recommend. Apple configurator 2 or look at Meraki if you have under 100 devices. If you have above 100 it's premium (costs)

 

Meraki isn't free anymore for new customers regardless of number of devices

[aarongulley]

Meraki isn't free anymore for new customers regardless of number of devices

 

Didn't know that. Thanks for heads up.