Managing Apple Devices: Deploying and Maintaining iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan Devices (3rd Edition)

Managing Apple Devices, Third Edition will teach you to formulate an effective plan for deploying and maintaining Apple devices on iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan in your organization. You will be introduced to Apple management technologies including Mobile Device Management, the Volume Purchase Program, Apple programs for device enrollment (the Device Enrollment Program for businesses and Apple School Manager for schools), and Apple Configurator 2. You will learn the theory behind these tools and 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 and how to make configuration easier for both administrators and users while maintaining a highly secure environment. The exercises contained in this guide are designed to let you explore and learn the tools provided by Apple and progress in a logical fashion, starting with verifying access to necessary services, moving on to configuring those services, and finally testing the results of those services on client devices. 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
• Explaining deployment procedures and best practices
• Demonstrating how to use specific deployment tools
• Offering practical step-by-step exercises and solutions

Arek Dreyer has been an Apple Certified Trainer since 2002. President of Dreyer Network Consultants Inc. in Chicago, Arek delivers courses and provides training around the world. Arek provides consulting, troubleshooting, and integration services for customers who use iOS devices and Mac computers in complicated environments and is the coauthor of Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Server 5.0 Essentials.

Adam Karneboge has been an Apple Certified Trainer since 2003. CTO of HC S Technology Group, Adam instructs technical training courses and delivers consulting, troubleshooting, deployment, and integration services to business, enterprise, and education clients. Adam has been the technical editor for the majority of the OS X Support and OS X Server Essentials books published by Peachpit since OS X v10.7.