[Discuss] how to manage tablets?

[gmongardi at napc.com (Grant M)]

On 12/11/2013 05:18 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a client you just purchased a bunch of ipads and nexus devices.
>  I personally own neither.  Have any of you had to roll these out for
> student use?  If yes how the heck did you mange them?  I'm running
> into all sorts of issues from flash support (yuck) to apple insisting
> on a credit card associated with their app store even to install free
> apps.  I've found some basic stuff like the google app to manage
> multiple devices and maybe using avast to lock particular apps down
> but it all feels cumbersome.  At first blush it appears these devices
> are not yet ready for corporate use but too late.  Already purchased
> by managers.


I received this from Apple at one point. I'm not sure if it's still valid though:
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You can set up an account that will not require a payment type by going into the
app store (not signed in to any apple id) and selecting a free app to download.
it will then prompt you to create an account. You will need to create the
account using an email address that is not already attached to an apple id

It will then allow you to select the "none" option for payment type
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As far as managing the devices, there is some built-in stuff from Apple, but
it's somewhat limited. We use and sell Centrify for SaaS for our iPads which
allows tracking, applying policy, remote-lock. SSO and remote-wipe functionality:
http://www.napc.com/centrify-active-directory-mac-linux.php
http://www.centrify.com/products/saas-edition.asp

If you're interested let me know and I can set you up with an eval.

Grant M.
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