I have been given the task of managing a large number of iPads and wondered if there was an application or software package for the Mac or Windows to allow me to manage these as an administrator. iTunes is OK for a small number of devices, but I am looking for something more along the lines as centralised administration console.
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
iPad, iOS 8
Earlier this year I was given the same task at my company. After immense research we went with the Mobile Device Management Enterprise 'AirWatch'. AirWatch supports both iOS and Android/Windows and offered a free 30 day trial! Without any IT background, I am able to manage our deployed devices with ease. There are many MDM Enterprises, but all offer different features and must go with which suites your business. I personally couldn't be happier with our decision on choosing AirWatch and they have a great support team!
Best of luck to you! My head was spinning at the start of this project but it's all worth the management in the end!
MDM -- Mobile Device Management
MDMs
Airwatch, Meraki, MobileIron, Profile Manager on OS X Server, or Zenprise
For a comparison see this page:
http://www.enterpriseios.com/wiki/Comparison_MDM_Providers
Airwatch
Meraki -- A free MDM [ expect lots of email and phone calls about upgrades ]
Read the product overview. Click on "get started now" to sign up.
https://meraki.cisco.com/products/systems-manager/?ref=YZRzCR
Video's on how to setup and use Meraki.
https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/2012/08/how-to-get-the-most-from-meraki-systems-ma nager/
MobileIron
Apple Configurator and Apple Profile Manager
"Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution." Limited to Macs. Connects via USB cable.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12
"Profile Manager lets you configure OS X and iOS devices so they’re set up to use your company or school resources and have the settings, apps, and books your organization requires. Profile Manager creates settings and preference bundles for devices and deploys them to devices via the Mobile Device Management (MDM) service." Requires OS X server.
http://www.apple.com/uk/support/osxserver/profilemanager/
Zenprise
fyi the best you can do for seeing what is on the remote ipad...
"teamviewer allow IOS support with real time screenshots function"
by CESNET
Had a look into the options suggested, and I gave Apple Configurator ago, which for what I need it for is perfect at the moment. However, I am sure more and more iPads will come into the company for use so I also looked at Airwatch, which looks awesome.
I am going to download the trial later to day and have a play around with it.
Thanks for all the answer :-).
Software to Manage Multiple iPads
