Re: [Rockies-Edu] Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 7
Re: [Rockies-Edu] Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 7
- Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 7
- From: John Litchenberg <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:41:52 +0000
- Thread-topic: Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 7
Joel’s experience with JAMF is identical to ours. I would highly recommend them.
Great support. Solid performance. Easy to use. I am supporting almost 5k devices from
a single MacPro server and have the capacity for plenty more. Their imaging software is the
best I have ever used. Above 2500 devices the cost is identical to any other MDM.
John Litchenberg
Instructional Technology Specialist
Falcon School District
(719)491-1120
email@hidden
www.litchenberg.weebly.com
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> 1. Re: MDM servers eval (Cathrine Olimb)
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> From: Cathrine Olimb <email@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] MDM servers eval
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> At Manitou we use Airwatch and we are very happy with both the product and
> the service they provide. I do like that AW supports any tablet/computers,
> and even if we are a 100% Apple school district (1:1 iPads), it's great to
> know that we can also support any other products.
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> We are in the process of moving away from Open Directory to Active
> Directory and would love to chat with some other Apple schools that already
> use Active Directory successfully.
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> Cat
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> *Cathrine Olimb*
> District Technology Coordinator
> Manitou Springs School District
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> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Don Cochran <email@hidden
>> wrote:
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>> Joel
>>
>> JAMF Software's Casper Suite is one of the best, if not best, Apple device
>> management platform out there. However, it's cross platform tools are
>> basically non-existent. We have around 9000 Apple devices (5200 iPads, 3600
>> Mac computers) and about 3500 Windows devices in our environment. We use
>> the Casper Suite for Apple device Management and SCCM for Windows
>> management. Sometimes, there is not a good fit for cross platform and you
>> need different tools for each platform. We are very happy with our set up.
>>
>> On the Apple side we use the Apple DEP, VPP and Apple ID for students
>> under 13. The Casper Suite makes management of all of those very easy. Some
>> folks say that JAMF is expensive, but I have always felt you get what you
>> pay for. JAMF usually has same day updates available on new product
>> releases from Apple and seldom have glitches with their updates. The JSS
>> (JAMF Software Server) can be installed on a Windows box, OS X box, or a
>> Linux box. Their support is world class. But again, they only support Apple
>> products (they are doing some Android support for BYOD).
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Williford, Joel <
>> email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> Hi all, we are a community college spread out over 60,000 square miles
>>> and have a few (60-70) mobile iPad and a few windows tablet labs throughout
>>> our network and anticipate these labs to grow in the future. We are an
>>> Active Directory institution, although my site is still using Open
>>> Directory and OSX server MDM service to manage my Mac workstations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are now moving into the next phase of management by moving from
>>> configurator to MDM service and are looking for your advice and tried
>>> experiences.
>>>
>>> We will be using Apple’s VPP to manage licensing for the iDevices.
>>>
>>> I am thinking of managing both iDevices, Windows tablets and possibly
>>> even OS X workstations.
>>>
>>> I have been working with OS X for the past 10 years and taking Apple
>>> Training almost every year and I have heard a few mentioning of Casper in
>>> the K-12 world.
>>>
>>> I have been tasked with evaluating the different servers available and am
>>> asking for your advice with concerns in flexibility of cross platform
>>> management as well as the possibility of profile management of
>>> workstations, ease of use, and as always, budget requirements are always a
>>> front line question these days.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I thank you for your ideas, input and experiences in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joel
>>>
>>>
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>> Don Cochran
>> ISTS Technician
>> Thompson R2J School District
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