Book description
Managing Apple Devices covers a wide range of technologies that
help you manage both iOS and OS X devices. This guide will teach
you to formulate an effective plan for deploying and maintaining
groups of Apple devices using iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks. You will be
introduced to a variety of Apple management technologies including
Mobile Device Management, the Volume Purchase Program, and the
Device Enrollment Program. You will learn the theory behind these
tools and may work through practical exercises that teach you to
use the tools. For example, not only will you learn how to use
Profile Manager–Apple’s implementation of Mobile Device
Management–but you will also learn about the ideas behind
profile management, how to make configuration easier for both
administrators and users while maintaining a highly secure
environment.
The exercises contained within this guide are designed to let you
explore and learn the tools provided by Apple for deploying and
managing iOS and OS X systems. These exercises move along in a
somewhat linear fashion, starting with verification of access to
necessary services, moving on to the configuration of those
services, and finally testing the results of those services on
client devices. Each subsequent lesson and exercises can be seen as
building on previous topics, with more advanced topics towards the
end of the guide.
Each lesson in this guide is designed to give technical
coordinators and system administrators the skills, tools, and
knowledge to deploy and maintain Apple devices by:
• Providing knowledge of how Apple deployment technologies
work
• Showing how to use specific deployment tools
• Explaining deployment procedures and best practices
• Offering practical exercises step-by-step solutions
available
Recommendations:
The world needs a book like this. The authors convey not only
the nuts-and-bolts of how Apple's tools work but also the
philosophy behind the tools. This is essential reading for anyone
coming to the Apple world from other platforms. We do things
differently over here and understanding the philosophy is every bit
as important - perhaps more so - than knowing which buttons to
press.
I commend this book to anyone starting or modernising an Apple
deployment.
Fraser Speirs
Head of Computing and IT
Cedars School of Excellence, Greenock, Scotland
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Lesson 1. About This Guide
-
Lesson 2. Apple Management Concepts
- Reference 2.1 Understanding Apple’s Goals
- Reference 2.2 Device Management and Supervision
- Reference 2.3 Apple ID Considerations
- Reference 2.4 iCloud in Managed Environments
- Reference 2.5 Apple Deployment Programs
- Reference 2.6 Deployment Scenarios
- Exercise 2.1 Configure Your Client Mac
- Exercise 2.2 Create Apple IDs
- Exercise 2.3 Verify Administrator Apple ID Access
- Exercise 2.4 Configure Your iOS Device
- Lesson 3. Infrastructure Considerations
-
Lesson 4. OS X Server for Mavericks
- Reference 4.1 OS X Server Benefits
- Reference 4.2 OS X Server Setup
- Reference 4.3 SSL Certificates
- Reference 4.4 Caching Service Architecture
- Reference 4.5 Caching Service Setup
- Reference 4.6 Caching Service Troubleshooting
- Exercise 4.1 Prepare Your Mac for OS X Server for Mavericks
- Exercise 4.2 Install OS X Server for Mavericks
- Exercise 4.3 Configure OS X Server for Mavericks
- Exercise 4.4 Configure Server on your Client Computer (Optional)
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Lesson 5. Configuration and Profiles
- Reference 5.1 Understanding Profiles
- Reference 5.2 Profile Manager Setup
- Reference 5.3 Creating Profiles via Profile Manager
- Reference 5.4 Manually Installing Profiles
- Exercise 5.1 Enable Profile Manager
- Exercise 5.2 Create, Download, and Install Profiles for Users and Groups
- Exercise 5.3 Inspect the Effects of Signing
- Exercise 5.4 Clean Up Profiles
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Lesson 6. Mobile Device Management
- Reference 6.1 Mobile Device Management Architecture
- Reference 6.2 Profile Manager Device Management
- Reference 6.3 User-Initiated Enrollment
- Reference 6.4 Profile Manager Inventory and Organization
- Reference 6.5 Profile Manager Administrative Tasks
- Reference 6.6 Automatically Deploying Profiles
- Exercise 6.1 Enable Device Management
- Exercise 6.2 Enroll Over the Air
- Exercise 6.3 Deploy Management Settings
- Exercise 6.4 Unenroll Over the Air
-
Lesson 7. iOS Deployment with Apple Configurator
- Reference 7.1 Apple Configurator Essentials
- Reference 7.2 Prepare iOS Devices
- Reference 7.3 Manage Supervised iOS Devices
- Exercise 7.1 Apple Configurator: Purchase and Install
- Exercise 7.2 Apple Configurator: Prepare an Unsupervised iOS Device
- Exercise 7.3 Apple Configurator: Prepare a Supervised iOS Device
- Exercise 7.4 Apple Configurator: Back Up and Restore a Supervised iOS Device
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Lesson 8. OS X Deployment with NetInstall
- Reference 8.1 NetInstall Architecture
- Reference 8.2 Creating Network Disk Images
- Reference 8.3 Custom Network Disk Image Workflows
- Reference 8.4 Configuring the NetInstall Service
- Exercise 8.1 Configure the NetInstall Service
- Exercise 8.2 Create an OS X Image with Automatic Configuration
- Exercise 8.3 Verify OS X Workflow
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Lesson 9. Out-of-the-Box Management
- Reference 9.1 Device Enrollment Program Essentials
- Reference 9.2 Using DEP with Profile Manager
- Reference 9.3 Managing Activation Lock
- Exercise 9.1 Configure Profile Manager for DEP
- Exercise 9.2 Assign Devices to an MDM Service
- Exercise 9.3 Create and Manage Device Enrollments
- Exercise 9.4 Control Activation Lock on a Managed Device
-
Lesson 10. Managing Apps and Books
- Reference 10.1 Volume Purchase Program Essentials
- Reference 10.2 Install Apps via Apple Configurator
- Reference 10.3 VPP Managed Distribution with Profile Manager
- Exercise 10.1 Apple Configurator: Prepare to Distribute a Free App
- Exercise 10.2 Deploy Apps to Supervised Devices with Configurator
- Exercise 10.3 Configure Profile Manager for VPP
- Exercise 10.4 Invite Participants for VPP Managed Distribution
- Exercise 10.5 Assign Licensed Apps and Books
- Lesson 11. Managing User Data and Services
- Lesson 12. Develop a Management Plan
Product information
- Title: Managing Apple Devices: Deploying and Maintaining iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks Devices
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2014
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780133992717
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