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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)

About the Authors

Charles Edge is the Chief Technology Officer of 318 Inc, a national, Mac-first consultancy based in Santa Monica, California. Here he manages a team of elite systems administrators who enjoy improving technology as much as they enjoy figuring out the weird things people do to computers. Charles has been involved with opening 318 offices around the United States, including a presence in New York, Nashville, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Portland. He speaks at a number of conferences. His first speaking appearance at a large conference was DefCon 2004. Since then he has spoken at conferences such as MacSysAdmin, MacWorld, LinuxWorld, and BlackHat. He is also the author of krypted.com, a site dedicated to heterogeneous networking and Apple systems administration.

He has authored several books including:

  • Enterprise iPhone and iPad Administrator's Guide, Apress, November 2010, ISBN 1-4302-3009-6

  • The Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book, Paraglyph Press, February 2006, ISBN 1-933097-14-0

  • Web Scripting Little Black Book, Paraglyph Press, April 2007, ISBN 1-933097-19-1

  • Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security, Apress, March 2008, ISBN 1-59059-989-6

  • Foundations of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Security, Apress, February 2010, ISBN 1-4302-2730-3

  • Enterprise Mac Administrator's Guide, Apress, October 2009, ISBN 1-4302-2443-6

  • Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server: From Solo Install to Enterprise Integration, Apress, February 2010, ISBN 1-4302-2772-9

  • Using Mac OS X Lion Server, O'Reilly, January 2012, ISBN 1-4493-1605-0

TJ Houston is the Director of Technology for Huron City Schools and has worked with educators for over 5 years. A significant amount of this time has been focused on:

  • Google Apps

  • iOS devices (deployment and training)

  • Basic computer skills

  • Interactive white boards

  • Video editing and multimedia

TJ has a degree in Business with a focus on IT. He is an author, blogger, podcaster, photographer, and trainer. He is passionate about helping educators and administrators learn about 21st century education as well as sharing resources that further the educational process.