Moving to new MDM?

[Bev]

We currently use Lightspeed which I am falling out of love with on a daily basis. I have previously used Mosyle (at a different school) and I much prefer it.

I have 350 iPads enrolled in Lightspeed of which half are linked via DEP to our Lightspeed system and half are manually supervised and then manually added to Lightspeed.

 

 

is there an easy way to move them to Mosyle, or is it a case of factory resetting every iPad.

[1TF0rward]

Hi,

 

We use Lightspeed. We are looking to expand it to the trust to manage all of our iPads. I know there are a few little issues but it mostly works. Is there any reason why you are not liking it?

 

If you were to change to another MDM you would either have to unenroll then re-enroll or wipe might be better for a fresh install.

[Bev]

I find it very frustrating to use, I've got groups setup for all of our classes, when I import the staff from school.apple.com the teachers come through as members of the class but they need to be admin and not members, so I have to remove and readd them. There are multiple ways to view the members of the group but only one of them that allows you to edit the admin.

Then you have to remove each staff member individually, which is slow, and then re-add them one at a time, also slow. You should be able to click all 6 and then just remove them together.

 

It's not straightforward to give an app to a small subset of people, say a reading app to all dyslexic students. You have to make a group outside of your class structure.

 

I have been having an issue with ios12 losing proxy settings, and was advised to use a Global proxy which I am doing. I have now got an issue with Relay blocking every single website, and have been advised to remove the Global proxy.

 

It's incredibly slow, and it opens a new tab every time I click on anything - seemingly a minor thing but I end up with 50 tabs open in Lightspeed.

 

I just generally find it extremely frustrating to use. I have used Meraki / Mosyle and Lightspeed, and of the three I find this slow, cumbersome and not intuitive. I also like that in Meraki and Mosyle I can see the location without having to put the device in lost mode.

 

 

Lightspeed itself mostly works fine but I just hate using it. However, I'm not sure I hate it enough to wipe every iPad....

 

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I find it very frustrating to use, I've got groups setup for all of our classes, when I import the staff from school.apple.com the teachers come through as members of the class but they need to be admin and not members, so I have to remove and readd them. There are multiple ways to view the members of the group but only one of them that allows you to edit the admin.

Then you have to remove each staff member individually, which is slow, and then re-add them one at a time, also slow. You should be able to click all 6 and then just remove them together.

 

It's not straightforward to give an app to a small subset of people, say a reading app to all dyslexic students. You have to make a group outside of your class structure.

 

I have been having an issue with ios12 losing proxy settings, and was advised to use a Global proxy which I am doing. I have now got an issue with Relay blocking every single website, and have been advised to remove the Global proxy.

 

It's incredibly slow, and it opens a new tab every time I click on anything - seemingly a minor thing but I end up with 50 tabs open in Lightspeed.

 

I just generally find it extremely frustrating to use. I have used Meraki / Mosyle and Lightspeed, and of the three I find this slow, cumbersome and not intuitive. I also like that in Meraki and Mosyle I can see the location without having to put the device in lost mode.

 

 

Lightspeed itself mostly works fine but I just hate using it. However, I'm not sure I hate it enough to wipe every iPad....

[1TF0rward]

I find it very frustrating to use, I've got groups setup for all of our classes, when I import the staff from school.apple.com the teachers come through as members of the class but they need to be admin and not members, so I have to remove and readd them. There are multiple ways to view the members of the group but only one of them that allows you to edit the admin.

Then you have to remove each staff member individually, which is slow, and then re-add them one at a time, also slow. You should be able to click all 6 and then just remove them together.

 

It's not straightforward to give an app to a small subset of people, say a reading app to all dyslexic students. You have to make a group outside of your class structure.

 

I have been having an issue with ios12 losing proxy settings, and was advised to use a Global proxy which I am doing. I have now got an issue with Relay blocking every single website, and have been advised to remove the Global proxy.

 

It's incredibly slow, and it opens a new tab every time I click on anything - seemingly a minor thing but I end up with 50 tabs open in Lightspeed.

 

I just generally find it extremely frustrating to use. I have used Meraki / Mosyle and Lightspeed, and of the three I find this slow, cumbersome and not intuitive. I also like that in Meraki and Mosyle I can see the location without having to put the device in lost mode.

 

 

Lightspeed itself mostly works fine but I just hate using it. However, I'm not sure I hate it enough to wipe every iPad....

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

I find it very frustrating to use, I've got groups setup for all of our classes, when I import the staff from school.apple.com the teachers come through as members of the class but they need to be admin and not members, so I have to remove and readd them. There are multiple ways to view the members of the group but only one of them that allows you to edit the admin.

Then you have to remove each staff member individually, which is slow, and then re-add them one at a time, also slow. You should be able to click all 6 and then just remove them together.

 

It's not straightforward to give an app to a small subset of people, say a reading app to all dyslexic students. You have to make a group outside of your class structure.

 

I have been having an issue with ios12 losing proxy settings, and was advised to use a Global proxy which I am doing. I have now got an issue with Relay blocking every single website, and have been advised to remove the Global proxy.

 

It's incredibly slow, and it opens a new tab every time I click on anything - seemingly a minor thing but I end up with 50 tabs open in Lightspeed.

 

I just generally find it extremely frustrating to use. I have used Meraki / Mosyle and Lightspeed, and of the three I find this slow, cumbersome and not intuitive. I also like that in Meraki and Mosyle I can see the location without having to put the device in lost mode.

 

 

Lightspeed itself mostly works fine but I just hate using it. However, I'm not sure I hate it enough to wipe every iPad....

 

Ah, I can see why it is very frustrating. Could this be due to how many ipads you have on it? We only have 75 and will be upgrading to 195. Do you think that would slow it down? I don't do much editing in the MDM so not used it enough to notice any huge problems but I didn't set it up initially. Have you spoken to Lightspeed about any of the slowness issues or is it not worth the hassle?

[Bev]

I speak to them all the time about different issues, todays issue is that multiple iPads have dropped off the wifi after an IOS update. they advised me to report my frustrations which I have done but I don't anticipate any major changes.

i don't know if the speed is due to the number of iPads we have or our internet speed, but our internet is generally fast elsewhere.

 

 

I'm not sure why my post has appeared twice. It was long enough just the once