iPhone Management System?

[Gammawolf]

Does anyone have any experience with an MDM system for iPhones? It might be a tough one though as there are some extremely stringent requirements..

Basically we need to have complete control over the corporate devices. To the point where users cannot install or uninstall their own apps. They will have a pre approved list of apps preloaded/pushed. It needs to be extremely locked down, so no iTunes access etc, so that the only uses are business use essentially.

I've had a look at Meraki, but from reviews it didn't seem to fit the bill in terms of strict management. I've also looked at Mobicontrol, but I can't seem to find any good solid answers if it can fufill these requirements? The user base is only small, so no more than 20 or 30 devices at maximum.

 

[Gammawolf]

Thanks for the advice, i've tested a few including MaaS360 and also revisited Meraki. At the moment Meraki is looking good, considering it's free!

I've just one question about it as we're moving from blackberrys to iphones.. what is the best practice for deploying them in regards to Apple ID's? To get the it into MDM it'll have to be activated with an ID first? I don't want to be creating multiple IDs, and sharing one ID for many (up to 10?) devices seems a bit dodgy when it comes to paid apps.. I just can't seem to find any solid information in this aspect

 

[Gammawolf]

Much to my dismay, it seems no matter what I do with multiple MDM's, the user can always just uninstall the profile and reset the restrictions.. Is there anyway to to actually lock down an iOS device and use an MDM for remote app installations?