iPad Management for the Mobile Workforce

with Tim Weber, Scott Thibodeau, & Eric

Monda

ADNET Technologies, LLC

Agenda

• Evolution of the iPad

• The Good - what are the benefits?

• The Bad/Ugly – what are the

challenges?

• What can we do to make it better?

iPad Background• First Launched – April 2010

• Three million units sold in first 3

months

• 2012 – projected $10 billion of iPad

sales – Forrester Research

iPad Benefits

• Portability

• Connectivity

• Powerful

• Widely Adopted

• Cloud Friendly

How do we use iPads?

• Email

• Remote Access

– Internal systems/apps

– Client systems for support & troubleshooting

• Instant Messaging – Lync Client

• Evernote

The Challenges

• Security

• Compliance

• Mass Rollouts

• BYOD Issues

Security Options

• Microsoft Exchange Active Sync

Policies

• Apple Lion Server

• Third Party Mobile Device

Management

Exchange Active Sync

• Password Requirements

– Length

– Complexity

– Expiration

• Inactivity timer

• Remote Wipe

• “Self Destruct”

Apple & 3rd Party MDM

• Provisioning

– Ability to push down standard image

wirelessly

– Includes all configurable settings such as:

• Exchange

• Wi-Fi

• VPN Connectivity

• Application Settings

Apple & 3rd Party MDM

• Lock Down

– Disable built in iPad options:

• Camera

• Safari

• YouTube

– Standardize apps

– Prevent purchase of new apps

Apple & 3rd Party MDM

• Reporting

– Asset Lists with requisite info

– See items based on compliance status

• Can then force device into compliance by

applying policy

iPAD MANAGEMENT DEMO

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