Apple Configurator

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Apple Configurator for OS X makes it easy for anyone to deploy iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in their school or business. Apple Configurator can be used to quickly configure large numbers of iOS devices with the settings, apps and data you specify for your students, employees or customers.

Apple Configurator can be used in several different ways to make configuration and deployment of iOS devices within your organization both easy and efficient. For example:

  • You can prepare a set of new iOS devices that are configured only once and then deployed to users. Update devices to the latest version of iOS, install configuration profiles and apps, and enroll them with your organization’s Mobile Device Management solution, then hand them out. Preparing devices is a great deployment option for enterprises and schools where provide iOS devices to employees or students for their day-to-day professional or educational use. For information about preparing devices, see Prepare devices.
  • You can supervise a set of iOS devices that you want to control and configure on an ongoing basis. Apply a configuration to each device, and then reapply it after each use simply by reconnecting the device back to Apple Configurator. Supervision is an ideal option for loaning iOS devices to users, sharing devices among students in a classroom or a lab, or deploying devices for dedicated tasks (for example, medical test kiosks at CSSC). For information about supervising devices, see Configure a supervised device.
  • You can assign supervised devices to specific users in your organization. Check out a device to a user and restore the user’s backup (including all their data) to that device; then check the device back in and back up the user’s data for later use, possibly on a completely different device. This works well in educational settings where students need to be able to work with the same data and documents over a prolonged period of time, regardless of which device they are given. For information about assigning devices, see Assign devices. For information about installing apps and viewing documents, see Add apps and Install documents.

For full Apple manual please go here: http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/

Current version of the Apple Configurator is 1.4.1 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12

Additional resources:

HT5185: Apple Configurator: Coordinating device names with labels or slot numbers in carts and racks
HT5188: Apple Configurator: Using Volume Purchase Program (VPP) Redemption Codes
HT5194: Apple Configurator: Backing up and restoring data

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