8. Using Simple Over-The-Air Profile Distribution
You’ve seen how to use iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) to distribute profiles via USB connection and email. But over-the-air, or OTA, is the cool (and best) way to distribute profiles for a couple reasons.
First, you don’t have to do all the work yourself. Set up your OTA implementation, and unless you need to change configurations, you’re finished. Everything else is done by the user. Second, you can service hundreds or even thousands of users from a single server, and you can allow users to change profiles without coming to you.
If someone loses his device or has it stolen while traveling, he can get a new device and activate it from wherever he is. Then he can reinstall the profile and ...
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