iPad Management and Deployment

Amraam · 19 Aug 2015 at 15:55

Juist taken on a new role in a school, and I've inherited the management and deployment of ~40 iPads - something I have zero experience in.

Can I ask what people find the best method to manage bulk app purchasing etc? I'm doing my best to read up and understand Apple's way of doing it but it just seems so overly complicated.

Do I have to use Apple Configurator and an MDM? Or is there a better, simple all in one solution? I here reference to Meraki and Casper - is it worthwhile looking into these as alternatives?

Thanks!

Amraam · 19 Aug 2015 at 18:44

Mr.Stu said:
Another vote for Meraki, very slick.

It's free up to 100 devices I believe which suits us well. It still requires the use of an MDM I believe which is where I'm getting confused... I thought it was an MDM?

Amraam · 20 Aug 2015 at 08:13

OK so I've registered with Meraki. So far I've got my Apple MDM certificate registered. Am I right in saying I now need to enroll with Apple's VPP and DEP?

Amraam · 26 Aug 2015 at 10:12

the macbook pro that supervises the ipad is dead and needs to be wiped and reinstalled. If I reinstall configurator on the same device, will it be able to unsupervise the devices or will it whine on saying that another configurator is supervising the ipads?