Q: What if we were to tell you about a major announcement out of Apple's recent World Wide Development Conference (WWDC 2018) that every business and enterprise with Apple products should know about and leverage?
It's now a lot easier for Apple device management and deployment with the new Apple Business Manager program. Previously, the process of acquiring equipment, identifying it, enrolling it under management, and finally deploying it, involved multiple Apple programs. In short, it could be very confusing. Based on what we now know about Apple Business Manager, we can clearly state that Apple has made major strides with this new program. We strongly recommend this program for all Apple business and enterprise clients.
The 36 page document released by Apple Inc. earlier this year outlines the various features and implementation tools that will be included within the new Apple Business Manager. The entire list of those are as follows:
The complete Apple Business Manager beta v2.0 document outlines the details you can expect from each feature listed above, but for time's sake, here's the shortlist of how Apple's Business Manager is going to help your organization:
Device Deployment
*Aside from the Apple Business Manager news, we would like to point out one major device management announcement that was made at Apple's Developer's Conference. This finally addresses a long-requested feature.
While this is not an exhaustive breakdown on the new Apple Business Manager, it’s an overview of what's been announced thus far, with undoubtedly more to come in the near future. Whether you’re looking for Device Management or device deployment, one thing is for sure: Apple has taken a big step to enhance their previous programs and via consolidation, create an easier set of processes to administrate devices, apps, and configurations in a promising new platform.
*for more information check out our page on Device Management