Apple Profile Manager

Provider Info

Web Site: 

http://www.apple.com/support/lionserver/profilemanager/

Apple Lion Server's Profile Manager provides mobile device management.

Set-Up

Profile Manager uses directory services and Apple Push Notification Service to provide configuration profiles to Mac OS X and iOS devices.

Unlike commercial MDM solutions, Apple does not require enrollment in the iDEP (iOS Developer Enterprise Program).

Apple's solution only supports iOS devices. There is no support for Android, Blackberry or Windows Mobile devices.

Deployment

To use Profile Manager as mobile device management server, your Mac must have a static Internet network address and cannot be on a closed network. iOS and Mac OS X Lion devices communicate with the server to obtain configuration profiles over the network.

After a device is enrolled with the server, it is called a managed device, and you can update its configuration as well as query its status using Profile Manager. Additionally, you can lock and wipe Mac OS X Lion computers and iOS devices. You can also clear the passcode on iOS devices, if its owner has forgotten their passcode.

Profile Manager's built-in user portal allows you to send new and updated configuration profiles created with Profile Manager to users after they enroll their devices.

NOTE: You can also distribute the XML configuration files by email, posting on a webpage, or via Apperian EASE.

Packaging

SaaS: 

Appliance: 

Windows Software: 

Mac Software: 

Unix Software: 

Virtual Machine: 

Reseller Theming: 

Licensing

Recurring License: 

Perpetual License: 

Maintenance

Includes Dot Releases: 

Includes Support: 

Support

12 x 5: 

12 x 7: 

24 x 7: 

Scalability

Locations: 

Location-Specific Admins: 

Role-Based Admins: 

Fault Tolerance

Standalone Server: 

Fail-Over Capability: 

Load Balancing: 

Enrollment

Web Portal: 

iOS App: 

Enrollment Authentication

Active Directory: 

Open Directory: 

Mobileconfig Features

Require Passcode: 

Device Restrictions: 

Exchange Account Seeding: 

WiFi Configuration: 

VPN - L2TP: 

VPN - Cisco AnyConnect: 

VPN - Juniper: 

VPN - F5: 

iOS 5 Mobileconfig

Encrypted Mail: 

Sandbox Mail: 

Prevent iCloud: 

Wi-Fi Auto-Join: 

On Demand Features

Remove Passcode: 

Remote Lock: 

Remote Wipe: 

App Management

Push Web Apps: 

Administration Console

Web: 

API or SDK: 

Desktop App: 

Integration

Apple GSX: 

Microsoft BPOS: 

Good: 

Certificate Features

Enterprise SCEP Integration: 

Local CA with SCEP: 

Apply Certs to Exchange: 

Apply Certs to WiFi: 

Apply Certs to VPN: 

Other Devices

Android: 

Blackberry: 

Symbian: 

Windows Mobile: 

Windows Phone 7: 

Windows Desktops: 

Mac Desktops: 

Linux Desktops: