What ive learned about apple configurator so far ive been working with our team learning apple configurator as our district deploys ipads. Installing configuration profile on apple tv 4k apple. Profile manager user and user group restrictions apple support. As a member of the apple beta software program, you can take part in shaping apple software by testdriving prerelease versions and letting us know what you think. This will download a remote management profile, which, as with the trust profile, will open the profiles preference and ask if you want to install remote management. Creating profiles without apple configurator or apple. Were happy to receive this post from joshua jung about managing your mobile devices in the cloud using apples own mdm solution the tutorial in front of you will introduce you to apples very own mdm solution, called profile manager. Now that youve installed your token, you can create an enrollment profile for dep devices.
Managing your mobile devices in the cloud using apples. How to enroll in mdm with apple configurator using both. Administrators can create configuration profiles, import existing profiles from the iphone. Apple configurator, formerly iphone configuration utility, couples together. Next, click the prepare button from the top bar of. Configurations aka profiles made up of individual payloads. If you need to install a configuration profile on your apple tv, you can use apple. You use profile manager to configure and distribute settings to apple devices. Enroll iosipados devices device enrollment program. Before we can configure an ios device with the apple configurator we need to prepare the intune service. Since profile manager offers so much, this article will just cover the steps needed to implement the service. To use apple configurator 2, you must have a mac device with. Supply a name and choose if you want to enroll the device.
Every time apple releases new ios software, its a bit of a rush to get things downloaded and the servers can be slow in delivering the bits. Apple configurator 2 how to edit a profile ask different. This makes it easy to set up devices that are shared such as in a lab or. However, existing profiles will not be installed on ios beta. When you download a configuration profile from a website or an email message in ios 12. The framework supports both corporateowned and userowned as well as personallyowned devices. Connect your ios devices to your workstation via usb, they should automatically appear in apple configurator. Apple configurator is a free mac os x tool for configuring and deploying ios devices in the enterprise by using a physical usb connection the main purpose of the apple configurator app is to allow it administrators configure settings on iphones and ipads before rolling them out to end users. The following is my understanding of how the program works and some suggested ways each piece will benefit particular configurations of use for the ipads. The backup is then applied to new devices using the same prepare feature see our handson guide to apple configurator for details. Configuration profiles are one possible way to infect an iphone or ipad just by downloading a file and agreeing to a prompt.
Intune automatically synchronizes with apple to see your enrollment program account. Es liegt nun im ordner download zu finden links neben dem papierkorb im. You can use the apple deployment program to bulk enroll ios, ipados, macos, and tvos devices. Apples ios is nowhere near as vulnerable to malware as windows is, but its not completely impervious. Manage apple configurator configured ios devices with. The profile is now available for users to download using the user portal. To get started, youll need to open the mac app store and install the free apple configurator 2 app from apple. Distribute profiles manually with profile manager on mac apple. Configurator 2 eingerichtet wurden, im mdmdienst des profilmanagers. To start, if you havent already, download apple configurator from the mac app store. In profile manager, manually distribute configuration profiles to users of ios devices and. As an alternative to configurator, you may want to consider groundcontrol, which has many of the same features, packaged for. How to enroll in mdm with apple configurator using both saves. Profile manager uses directory services and apple push notification service to provide configuration profiles to mac os x and ios devices.
Deploy a trust profile in profile manager on mac apple support. Go to settings remotes and devices remote app and devices on your apple tv within the apple configurator 2 app, go to all devices. For preparing and supervising devices the apple configurator is still needed and not replaced by the profile manager. Apple configurator crashes when i try to set the passcode policy. Youll be asked to connect an iphone, ipad, ipod touch, or apple tv device to your mac. Apple beta software program help make the next releases of ios, ipados, macos, and tvos our best yet. Apple configurator 2 makes it easy to deploy ipad, iphone, ipod touch, and apple tv devices in your school or business. When the same restriction is set or cleared in more than one configuration profile, the more restrictive setting is applied. The apple configurator can only manage devices attached by usb, the profile manager manages devices via internet. If memory serves, youll be prompted with a code that pops up on the apple tv. If you already use automated device enrollment and want to supervise mobile devices that were purchased outside of your apple deployment account, this workflow allows you to enroll any ipad or iphone with automated device enrollment, and then with jamf now. Install a configuration profile on your iphone or ipad learn how to install a profile in ios 12. In apple configurator, there is a way to set a wallpaper image on ios device.
The last downloaded dep token on the apple portal is the only one that. Userscoped profiles are used only for shared ipad configurations for apple school manager, or mac userchannel configurations. Allow installing apps using apple configurator 2 and itunes when this. These preconfigured devices are then handed out to users. Create an enrollment profile in profile manager on mac apple. Apple configurator and dep accomplish a few of the same things. Apple configurator can impose hard restrictions on device usage which cannot be as easily removed by endusers compared to any mdm profile. By default, the command is only sent when a bypass code has been obtained from the device. Send that trust profile in a mail message to users for installation on their devices, or direct them to download and install it from the user portal. Apple school manager is a type of education apple deployment program. Why configuration profiles can be as dangerous as malware.
With apples unified management framework in ios, macos, tvos, it can configure and update settings, deploy applications, monitor compliance, query devices, and remotely wipe or lock devices. In profile manager, create one configuration profile with all the settings you need, or create several. You can use jamf pro to manually create a computer configuration profile or upload a configuration profile that was created using apples profile manager. But apple configurator requires an organization to. Es wird genauso wie dep im apple school manager apple business. Sign in with an apple id and select any app downloaded or purchased. When users receive or download the files, they can install them on their device. In the microsoft endpoint manager admin center, choose devices ios ios enrollment apple configurator profiles choose the profile to export export profile. To download the enrollment profile so you can distribute it to users in email. Apple lion servers profile manager provides mobile device management. Highlight the devices you want to automatically enroll in apple configurator 2 and click on actions prepare choose prepare with. With the push certificate, intune can enroll and manage ios devices by pushing policy to enrolled mobile devices. You can choose to update devices so they have the latest app updates, the latest ios version, or both. From there, just dragindrop the config file into apple configurator 2.
To apply configuration profiles and settings to devices, the. Once the application is running, plug your device into the computer. Enrollment profiles can be installed using the manual profile install procedure. You can also use apple business manager portal or apple school manager. However it is the way in which they accomplish them, and the circumstances of your deployment which will determine if you will use one or the other. The complete guide to profile manager part 1 the moment. You can use apple configurator to quickly configure large numbers of devices with the settings, apps, and data you specify for your students, employees, or customers. Device profiles are fully managed through systems manager and allow you to configure the full range of settings available. Apple configurator is a free application provided by apple to supervise devices. Computer configuration profiles jamf pro administrators. I created a profile through the new profile menu in apple configurator 2 and added the mdm payload using the following link. You can create or import a single configuration profile that contains all of the settings you need, or. Using profile manager and apple configurator together allows you to have more control over your ios devices. What im guessing i should be able to do is set up a profile for apple configurator that will do the initial setup, then i can enroll the devices in profile manager for ongoing inventorymaintenanceremote wipe, but its a bit confusing, and all of the apple pages on one seem to act like the other doesnt exist.
Use this payload to specify which device features can be used. Apple tv using apple configurator 2, regardless of how you acquired them. The profile manager is a part of the os x server and can manage devices over the air. Working seamlessly with your mobile device management mdm solution, apple. You can use a usb hub for multiple devices or if you have multiple daisychained displays, you can use the usb ports that exist on the back of each display. How to enroll in hexnode mdm with apple configurator mdm. First, here are the requirements for setting up profile manager in. In order to do this, just download each profile using the download button next to edit and send it via email or some other means to whom you want to install it. Is apple configurator the right tool for your business. For this episode, well lock down a few features so you can see how this works. Apple profile manager managing ipads using apple profile manager. Apple dep makes the enrollment process of corporateowned ios devices automated and seamless for it admin. Apple device enrollment program or apple dep, is a free program devised by apple and the most preferred method for enrolling corporate ios devices.
Devices can be unsupervised which means the are simply prepared for deployment or supervised, something altogether different. Apple configurator 2 makes it easy to deploy ipad, iphone, ipod touch, and apple tv devices in your institution. An enrollment profile file is only valid for two weeks at which time you must recreate it. Apple configurator 2 all steps in one video duration. How to create a blueprint for deploying ios devices in. Eine kurze einfuhrung in apple mobile device management. Setting up automated device enrollment via apple business manager duration.
So i created an mdm profile using apple configurator 2, but it failed to install with profile installation failed. Configuring iosbased devices is made easy by creating blueprints that manage custom configurations for deployments using apple configurator 2 in onetoone or onetomany environments. Apple configurator 2 makes it easy to deploy ipad, iphone, ipod touch, and apple tv devices in your. Under direct enrollment, choose download profile, and save the file. Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software. Apple configurator is listed twice, since it can be used in two different ways. Managing devices and corporate data on ios apple inc. Create and edit configuration profiles in profile manager on mac.
How to enroll and supervise ios devices using apple. Apple dep device enrollment program apple deployment. Install a configuration profile on your iphone or ipad. Well now explain how to configure a device with mdm using apple configurator. Apple school manager unifies the deployment program and volume purchase. I want us to try to get away from the notion of apple configurator vs dep. How to update your ios devices using apple configurator 2 in order to update your ios device youll need to have it physically connected via usb to the mac running apple configurator2. How to manage your ios devices using apple configurator 2. In profile manager, create an enrollment profile, which users can install on their devices. Unlike commercial mdm solutions, apple does not require enrollment in the idep ios developer enterprise program. You can configure profile manager to automatically send the allow activation lock command to a supervised device after it has been enrolled. The users can install them manually or use them with apple configurator 2. Use apple configurator 2 to quickly configure large numbers of devices connected to your mac via usb with the settings, apps, and data you specify for. For education accounts, you create an apple school manager account.
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