Over The Air MDM Configuration, iOS 6 and Apple Configurator

Hello,

A little more information:

From the document named "Mobile Device Management Protocol
Reference" with a file name of mobiledevicemanagementprotocolreference.pdf dated 2012-08-27.

"Devices running iOS 5 and later can be designated as supervised when preparing it for deployment with
Apple Configurator. When a devices is supervised, you are granted ongoing control over its configuration
and can reapply that that configuration at anytime by reconnecting the device to Apple Configurator. For
more information about Apple Configurator, read Apple Configurator Overview at Apple’s iPad in Business
page."

Additionally, in the "Configuration Profile Reference" with a file name of configurationprofilereference.pdf dated 'iOS 6', the following is on page five:

"Devices running iOS 5 and later can be designated as supervised when preparing it for deployment with
Apple Configurator. When a devices is supervised, you are granted additional control over its configuration
and can reapply that that configuration at anytime by reconnecting the device to Apple Configurator. For
more information about Apple Configurator, see Apple’s iPad in Business page."

allowGameCenter is marked as supervised only.

allowBookStore is marked as supervised only.

allowBookstore-Erotica is mared as supervised only.

allowUIConfiguration-ProfileInstallation is marked as supervised only.

Global HTTP Proxy Payload is marked as supervised only.

App Lock Payload is marked as supervised only.

-KA-

Ola Folks,

It turns out that the issue was documentation related.

According to the documentation, I needed to perform certain steps. However, the documentation did not and does not reflect what actually works. Experimentation by a third party revealed that an extra step was required.

The MDM Protocol Reference is:

http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/Mobile_Device_Management_9_2012.pdf

The link can be found on:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/integration/

-KA-

Hiya Folks,

Looks like I either gave the wrong location (possible) or the document was changed (possible).

Here is what I have:

- IPCU Help

help.apple.com/iosdeployment-ipcu/mac/1.0/

Some of the information that is in the MDM Protocol Reference that I found before is here.

Also some of the information from the Configuration Profile Reference.

- Deploying iPhone and iPad Mobile Device Management

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/Mobile_Device_Management_9_2012.pdf

- Mobile Device Management Protocol

adcdownload.apple.com//Documents/mobile_device_management_protocol/mobiledevicem anagement_121211.pdf

No Longer Available. I get an error.

- Configuration Profile Reference:

developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/i PhoneConfigurationProfileRef.pdf

- iPhone and iPad in Business Deployment Scenarios

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_6_Business_Sep12.pdf

- iOS 6 Security

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Security_Oct12.pdf

- Deploying iPhone and iPad Digital Certificates:

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_6_Certificates_Sep12.pdf

- Deploying iPhone and iPad Security Overview:

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_6_Security_Sep12.pdf

- iOS 6 Security

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Security_Oct12.pdf

- Deploying iPhone and iPad Apple Configurator

images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_6_Configurator_Sep12.pdf

Without verifying or validating specifics, my initial thought is that the first one is the closest to what *was* the Mobile Device Management Protocol Reference.

I also think that MDM is still a moving target with Apple and they are still trying to figure out what they want to have available and how it should be made available.

I hope it helps.

-KA-