What is Mobile Device Management?

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Most likely you have heard from a person outside of your organization, ” Have you heard of MDM?” Well if you are still wondering that very question we are here to help give you an answer. So its time to answer What is Device Management?

What is it?

Let's see what Apple has to say

“Mobile device management lets you securly and wirelessly configure devices. MDM includes updating software and device settings, monitoring compliance with organizational policies, and remotely wiping or locking devices.”

MDM is built into every Apple device and with every update comes new features!

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How does MDM help me?

Enroll Devices

Creates a connection between the device and the MDM sever
Enrollment can happen at anytime and it is also available to devices owned by the user (BYOD)
We can also enroll devices right out of the box during setup, in this case devices can be shipped directly to end users without you having to take possession of it

Deploy Content

Administrators can deploy content, including apps and books, to enrolled devices
You organization’s custom content can also be deployed
No Apple ID is required

Enforce Policies

Enforce organizational policies that restrict or configure settings
Curate the user’s experience without compromising productivity
MDM solutions offer hundreds of pre-defined policies that can be tailored to your specific industry requirements

MDM Pricing

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Solution					macOS Price	iOS Price	Minimum Count
Addigy	✓	✓	✓	X	$6 per device/per month *	$6 per device/per month *	50
FileWave	✓	✓	✓	✓	$7.92 per device/per month *	$7.92 per device/per month *	300 per device/per month *
Fleetsmith	✓	✓	✓	X	$8.25 per device/per month *	$8.25 per device/per month *	0
Jamf Now	✓	✓	✓	X	$2 per device/per month	$2 per device/per month	3*
Jamf Pro	✓	✓	✓	X	$7.17 per device/per month *	$3.33 per device/per month *	50
Kandji	✓	✓	✓	X	$3-4 per device/month	$3-4 per device/month	100*
Meraki	✓	✓	✓	✓	$40 per device/per year *	$40 per device/per year *	*
Microsoft Intune	✓	✓	✓	✓	$2 per device/per month*	$2 per device/per month *	0
Mobileiron	✓	✓	✓	✓	*	*	*
Mosyle Manager	✓	✓	✓	X	$1.25 per device/per month *	$1.25 per device/per month *	18
SimpleMDM	✓	✓	✓	X	$2.50 per device/per month *	$2.50 per device/per month *	0
WorkSpace One	✓	✓	✓	✓	$3.78 per device/per month *	$3.78 per device/per month *	0

*Pricing may change by region, feature, market or device count.

Education

Solution					macOS Price	iOS Price	Minimum Count
FileWave	✓	✓	✓	✓	$7.92 per device/per month *	$7.92 per device/per month *	300*
Jamf School	✓	✓	✓	X	$5.50 per device/per month *	$5.50 per device/per month *	50
Meraki	✓	✓	✓	✓	$40 per device/per year *	$40 per device/per year *	*
Microsoft Intune	✓	✓	✓	✓	$8.28 per user/per year*	$8.28 per user/per year*	0
Mosyle Manager	✓	✓	✓	X	$5.50 per device/per year**	$5.50 per device/per year**	18
Securly	✓	✓	✓	X	$1,500 per year*	$1,500 per year*	0
WorkSpace One	✓	✓	✓	✓	$3.78 per device/per month *	$3.78 per device/per month *	0

*Pricing may change by region, feature, market or device count. ** With Mosyle Manager there is a free version but with basic features

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Leveraging Automated Enrollment

When the Device is brought under management it will automagically deploy content and policies you configured for that device. Yes it is just that easy!

Force Multiplier for Your Organizations

It eases the burden of IT or those responsible for technology. One tech could manage thousands of devices and small teams could deploy tens of thousands of devices.

75000+of Devices

Deploy in Mass

With MDM work flows for 5, 500, or 5,000 are the same! Content can be deployed at scale and policies enforced in mass!

Mass

Hundreds of Settings.

Millions of Apps

A Few Examples of Items You Can Curate

Accessibility

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Seeing | Hearing | Interacting | Sticky Keys | Slow Keys | Mouse Keys

Passcode

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Allow Simple Value | Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history | Minimum number of complex characters | Maximum passcode age | Maximum Auto-Lock | Maximum grace period for device lock | Maximum number of failed attempts | Delay after failed login attempts(macOS) | Force a password change when the user authenticates (macOS)

App Configuration

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Unique bundle ID | Configuration | Restrict App Removal | Restrict App Store

AirPlay

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Passwords | Approved list

General

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Profile Distribution Type | Name | Identifier | Organization | Description | Consent message | Security | Automatically Remove Profile

Home Screen

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Dock(iOS/iPadOS) | Pages(iOS/iPadOS) | Webclips(iOS/iPadOS) | Add folders | Add apps

Web Clips

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Label | URL | Is removable(iOS/iPadOS) | Icon | Precomposed icon(iOS/iPadOS) | Full screen(iOAS/iPadOS)

Single Sign-On

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

Account Name | Principal Name | Realm | Renewal Certificate payload | URL patterns | Specific apps

VPN

Require alphanumeric value | Minimum passcode length | Passcode history

Configure

IKEv2 MDM settings | IPsec MDM settings | L2TP MDM settings | PPTP | Third-party connection type | Custom SSL connection type

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