Arek Dreyer - Managing Apple Devices: Deploying and Maintaining iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan Devices

THIRD EDITION

Arek Dreyer and Adam Karneboge

Managing Apple Devices, Third Edition
Arek Dreyer and Adam Karneboge
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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-430185-3
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Thanks to Heather Jagman for her love, support, and encouragement.

Arek Dreyer

Thanks to Dr. Nasser Hanna and the amazing staff at Indiana University
Health. I would have never been able to embark on this journey without them.

This book is dedicated to my parents, Monica and Brian Karneboge.

Adam Karneboge

Thanks to you, dear reader, for staying on top of whats new, while keeping your users needs as the root of what you do.

Thank you to Tim Cook and everyone at Apple for always innovating.

Thanks to Craig Cohen for insightful technical editing.

Thanks to Schoun Regan for his help and guidance, and to his team for setting an example of great documentation.

Thank you to the amazingly capable Nancy Davis and Lisa McClain for gently making sure these materials made it into your hands, and to Kim Wimpsett, Darren Meiss, and Maureen Forys and her team at Happenstance Type-O-Rama for working their editorial and production magic.

Thank you to the following people. Without your help, guidance, suggestions, and feedback, this guide would be much less than what it is.

Jeremy Agostino

Mike Boylan

Weldon Dodd

Josh Durham

Charles Edge

John Filardo

Patrick Gallagher

Erik Gomez

Richard Goon

Christopher Holmes

Andrew MacKenzie

Keith Mitnick

John Poynor

Owen Pragel

Maurits Sanders

Sal Soghoian

Sam Valencia

Kevin White

Joan Work

This guide covers a wide range of technologies that help you manage both iOS and OS X devices and provides an intense and in-depth exploration of how to deploy and maintain iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan systems. This guide is for both self-paced learners working independently and those participating in an instructor-led course.

The primary goal of this guide is to help you formulate an effective plan for deploying and maintaining groups of Apple devices. You will be introduced to a variety of Apple management technologies, including Mobile Device Management, the Volume Purchase Program, and the Device Enrollment Program. To help you become truly proficient, this guide covers the theory behind the tools you will use. For example, not only will you learn how to use Profile Managerthe Apple implementation of Mobile Device Managementbut you will also learn about the ideas behind profile management, which makes configuration easier for both administrators and users while maintaining a highly secure environment.