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Instant Apple Configurator How-to

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Instant Apple Configurator How-to

Overview of this book

The Apple configurator is an incredible piece of software which grants full control in mobile device management, but on a larger scale. The popularity of people taking their own devices to work has grown tremendously. However, valued professional and personal information is at risk, through loss, theft, or hacking. Instant Apple Configurator How-to is a hands-on guide that eliminates any worries that are associated with the deployment and security of iOS devices. This book provides practical, quick win solutions to combat these issues, with clear, concise, and informative examples providing solutions to secure, remote wipe, and encrypt devices. The book will further explore how to personalize iOS devices for configuration and deployment. With the Instant Apple Configurator How-to, learn to build profiles with customised control settings, with examples on how to capture device information and use console logs for added protection. You will become skilled at tracking and installing provisional profiles for greater security. We will also explore developing workflows for successful deployment, installing software and applications whilst managing files on iOS devices, and how to deploy enrolment profiles for mobile device management solutions en masse. If you are looking for a complete guide that provides simple solutions to complex problems, look no further.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Chapter 1. Instant Apple Configurator How-to

Welcome to Instant Apple Configurator How-to. This book is a guide on managing iOS devices en masse using the tools Apple provides for us to do so. Apple Configurator can fill a few different roles within your environment. One is as an imaging tool, another is as a tool that locks down devices (similar to how iPhone Configuration Utility was used, previously), and finally there is the ability to distribute content (whereby content is apps and documents within apps, in our opinion).