Therefore, it is very important to develop and implement easy-to-use tools that enable everyone to quickly and effectively manage collections of mobile devices.

Quite often, the person assigned to manage the devices, is no more technically proficient than those who use the devices. Not everyone who is tasked with managing iOS devices, can be assumed to have a working knowledge of the Terminal, Profile Manager, advanced MDM software, or even a more user-friendly tool like Apple Configurator.

However, in many of today’s resource-constrained environments this is not always the reality. Ideally, system administrators or other IT professionals would responsible for the setup and maintenance of mobile devices. With this tool, your institution can quickly configure and update multiple devices to the latest version of iOS, configure device settings and restrictions, preconfigure MDM enrollment, and install apps and content.Īpple Configurator is ideal for scenarios in which users share iOS devices that need to be quickly refreshed and kept up to date with the correct settings, policies, apps, and data.

Apple Configurator-a free OS X application, available from the Mac App Store-enables administrators to conveniently set up and configure multiple iOS devices at once via USB before providing them to users.

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