Can the "Setting" button be removed from the iPad using these tools. This would reduce the risk of light fingered tech savvy teenagers turning the iPad learning tool into yet another gaming consul ?
Can the "Setting" button be removed from the iPad using these tools. This would reduce the risk of light fingered tech savvy teenagers turning the iPad learning tool into yet another gaming consul ?
You can. You can play around with the options with this app…
They would re-enable themselves when the network goes back up again and they reconnect to it. WiFi networks do not go down very often in my experience. It is far more likely that the internet connection would be lost but that would not disable the devices if the scheme I suggested was implemented.
But why would you put yourself in a position as an IT person for this to happen in the first place? It makes absolutely no sense. Its stupid that iPads would disable themselves just because something out of your control happened such as the network going down or something like that. I realize what you're trying to get at with your idea but I just don't think it would work.
Also, there are many many places that WANT you to take them off campus. This is why you get one, not so you can just use it within the company.
Can the "Setting" button be removed from the iPad using these tools. This would reduce the risk of light fingered tech savvy teenagers turning the iPad learning tool into yet another gaming consul ?
You can do all kinds of things with Apple Configurator (and an MDM) such as disable the ability to modify some settings in the Settings section. You can also lock it to a specific app, disable installing of Apps, disable removing of apps, disable game center, disable removing the profile that does all of this stuff. You can even disable Safari if you wanted to disable the internet.
The iPad mini's we have go home with students and everything is disabled and the iPad automatically launches a specific app which its locked too. The home button does nothing, waking it from sleep launches the app, restarting the device just relaunches the app once the OS starts up.
You can lock the iOS device down very well with Apple Configurator, or any MDM (Mobile Device Management) software so these don't turn into toys. You can even use Apple Configurator to automatically update iOS if you have a syncing cart and a Mac running Apple Configurator (up to 30 iPads at once). Now, when schools and businesses start doing this bring your own device to work thing, this opens up a huge can of worms.
Apple Configurator is a FREE app off the Mac app store (Notice Mac app store, not iOS app store).
But why would you put yourself in a position as an IT person for this to happen in the first place? It makes absolutely no sense. Its stupid that iPads would disable themselves just because something out of your control happened such as the network going down or something like that. I realize what you're trying to get at with your idea but I just don't think it would work.
Also, there are many many places that WANT you to take them off campus. This is why you get one, not so you can just use it within the company.
This is needed so that iPads can be interchangeable with each other within a company. If an iPads is not the responsibility of any particular employee and can instead drift around the company and used by whoever picks it up then it needs some kind of location based security to prevent it from wandering off home. That security needs to be tight. They can't simply wipe them to remove the security. You could still have personal smart devices as well but they would have a different use than the company provided ones. And if your network goes down constantly, then your IT department has much more important issues on their agenda than smart device management. Again from my experience it is the internet that goes down not the basic WiFi network.
This is needed so that iPads can be interchangeable with each other within a company. If an iPads is not the responsibility of any particular employee and can instead drift around the company and used by whoever picks it up then it needs some kind of location based security to prevent it from wandering off home. That security needs to be tight. They can't simply wipe them to remove the security. You could still have personal smart devices as well but they would have a different use than the company provided ones. And if your network goes down constantly, then your IT department has much more important issues on their agenda than smart device management. Again from my experience it is the internet that goes down not the basic WiFi network.
You could just set a PIN to make it so others can't use a particular iPad and it can be set to lock itself once the PIN has failed so many times. Why would you not want it go home, or off campus? Whats the point of having one then?
You could just set a PIN to make it so others can't use a particular iPad and it can be set to lock itself once the PIN has failed so many times. Why would you not want it go home, or off campus? Whats the point of having one then?
1) There are lots of reasons why a company wouldn't want their tech to be removed from their building. His idea is clearly regarding non-personal, corporate devices.
2) A PIN is a single access point. Giving everyone in a company the same PIN to work on any number of tablets is just as poor security as using a single login for every WinPC that are being used by all the employees.
1) There are lots of reasons why a company wouldn't want their tech to be removed from their building. His idea is clearly regarding non-personal, corporate devices.
2) A PIN is a single access point. Giving everyone in a company the same PIN to work on any number of tablets is just as poor security as using a single login for every WinPC that are being used by all the employees.
Maybe so, but in the case of an iPad, I can't really see why you wouldn't. If you can't trust employees with it, then its not worth using it in the first place.
I meant everyone has their own passcode on their own iPad, not everyone having the same passcode. I agree, that wouldn't do anything for security.
I just think no matter what you do, there's ways a way to circumvent it. You can't outsmart some people no matter what you do or how hard you try.
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Can the "Setting" button be removed from the iPad using these tools. This would reduce the risk of light fingered tech savvy teenagers turning the iPad learning tool into yet another gaming consul ?
You can. You can play around with the options with this app…
edit: Oops! That's the old app. What macxpress states 2 posts below is correct. Here is the current app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12
They would re-enable themselves when the network goes back up again and they reconnect to it. WiFi networks do not go down very often in my experience. It is far more likely that the internet connection would be lost but that would not disable the devices if the scheme I suggested was implemented.
But why would you put yourself in a position as an IT person for this to happen in the first place? It makes absolutely no sense. Its stupid that iPads would disable themselves just because something out of your control happened such as the network going down or something like that. I realize what you're trying to get at with your idea but I just don't think it would work.
Also, there are many many places that WANT you to take them off campus. This is why you get one, not so you can just use it within the company.
Can the "Setting" button be removed from the iPad using these tools. This would reduce the risk of light fingered tech savvy teenagers turning the iPad learning tool into yet another gaming consul ?
You can do all kinds of things with Apple Configurator (and an MDM) such as disable the ability to modify some settings in the Settings section. You can also lock it to a specific app, disable installing of Apps, disable removing of apps, disable game center, disable removing the profile that does all of this stuff. You can even disable Safari if you wanted to disable the internet.
The iPad mini's we have go home with students and everything is disabled and the iPad automatically launches a specific app which its locked too. The home button does nothing, waking it from sleep launches the app, restarting the device just relaunches the app once the OS starts up.
You can lock the iOS device down very well with Apple Configurator, or any MDM (Mobile Device Management) software so these don't turn into toys. You can even use Apple Configurator to automatically update iOS if you have a syncing cart and a Mac running Apple Configurator (up to 30 iPads at once). Now, when schools and businesses start doing this bring your own device to work thing, this opens up a huge can of worms.
Apple Configurator is a FREE app off the Mac app store (Notice Mac app store, not iOS app store).
But why would you put yourself in a position as an IT person for this to happen in the first place? It makes absolutely no sense. Its stupid that iPads would disable themselves just because something out of your control happened such as the network going down or something like that. I realize what you're trying to get at with your idea but I just don't think it would work.
Also, there are many many places that WANT you to take them off campus. This is why you get one, not so you can just use it within the company.
This is needed so that iPads can be interchangeable with each other within a company. If an iPads is not the responsibility of any particular employee and can instead drift around the company and used by whoever picks it up then it needs some kind of location based security to prevent it from wandering off home. That security needs to be tight. They can't simply wipe them to remove the security. You could still have personal smart devices as well but they would have a different use than the company provided ones. And if your network goes down constantly, then your IT department has much more important issues on their agenda than smart device management. Again from my experience it is the internet that goes down not the basic WiFi network.
This is needed so that iPads can be interchangeable with each other within a company. If an iPads is not the responsibility of any particular employee and can instead drift around the company and used by whoever picks it up then it needs some kind of location based security to prevent it from wandering off home. That security needs to be tight. They can't simply wipe them to remove the security. You could still have personal smart devices as well but they would have a different use than the company provided ones. And if your network goes down constantly, then your IT department has much more important issues on their agenda than smart device management. Again from my experience it is the internet that goes down not the basic WiFi network.
You could just set a PIN to make it so others can't use a particular iPad and it can be set to lock itself once the PIN has failed so many times. Why would you not want it go home, or off campus? Whats the point of having one then?
1) There are lots of reasons why a company wouldn't want their tech to be removed from their building. His idea is clearly regarding non-personal, corporate devices.
2) A PIN is a single access point. Giving everyone in a company the same PIN to work on any number of tablets is just as poor security as using a single login for every WinPC that are being used by all the employees.
1) There are lots of reasons why a company wouldn't want their tech to be removed from their building. His idea is clearly regarding non-personal, corporate devices.
2) A PIN is a single access point. Giving everyone in a company the same PIN to work on any number of tablets is just as poor security as using a single login for every WinPC that are being used by all the employees.
Maybe so, but in the case of an iPad, I can't really see why you wouldn't. If you can't trust employees with it, then its not worth using it in the first place.
I meant everyone has their own passcode on their own iPad, not everyone having the same passcode. I agree, that wouldn't do anything for security.
I just think no matter what you do, there's ways a way to circumvent it. You can't outsmart some people no matter what you do or how hard you try.