Re: [Rockies-Edu] Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 9
Re: [Rockies-Edu] Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 9
- Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 9
- From: Wes Hines <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:33:06 +0000
- Thread-topic: Rockies-edu Digest, Vol 69, Issue 9
Hi Joel,
I have spent the last couple years looking at a MDM solutions. This fall
we contracted with MaaS360 from Fiberlink, which is owned by IBM. We
decided to try them as they support Apple, Android, and Windows mobile
devices. Their prices were competitive and it was announced this fall the
they were collaborating with Apple on enterprise support. So that was a
positive.
As one other person that responded to my inquiry into what MDM¹s were
being used out there, they all seem to have their strong and weak points
and ³you need to pick your poison².
That being said I have been working with MaaS360 for a couple months and I
have found tech support to be excellent and the MDM has some nice features.
You can sync up with your active directory with a "cloud extender² and it
works with Apple¹s device enrollment program, although I have just set
this up.
As for App deployment at the present they only allow one token for VPP,
but are working on being able to add more tokens. So at the present I can
link to the VPP .xls file and distribute Apps.
Once a device has set up the MaaS360 certificate it adds a MaaS App
catalog where the apps have been pushed out and they can then install the
app. You can also send documents and messages to managed mobile devices.
The interface is as good as most I¹ve seen but takes a bit of time to get
the initial set up going, then it should be much easier to deal with.
So that is my experience so far for what it is worth. I have a MaaS360
sales contact who is very helpful if your interested.
Wes Hines
Web Master - IT Suport
Kalispell Public Schools
Montana
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>From: "Collin O'Malley" <email@hidden>
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>Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] MDM servers eval
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>Here are Legacy Academy we have been using Casper for a little over a full
>year managing our 1:1 iPads. I just got back about a week ago from the
>Jamf
>User Conference in Minneapolis and can attest to their world class
>service.
>It is true they do not support windows machines but that hasn't been an
>issue for us. I hope to start managing our teacher laptops and labs with
>Casper before the end of the year.
>
>Collin
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>On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Cathrine Olimb <email@hidden> wrote:
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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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Cat
>>
>> *Cathrine Olimb*
>> District Technology Coordinator
>> Manitou Springs School District
>>
>> Office Phone: 719 685 2012
>> Cell Phone: 719 244 8891
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Don Cochran <
>> email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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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