Enrollment with iOS-App

iOS enrollment with the Apple Configurator app for iOS

New article: 01.2024

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This article refers to a Beta version

Note

This article includes descriptions of third-party software and is based on the status at September 2023.
Changes to the user interface on the part of Apple are possible at any time and must be taken into account accordingly in the implementation.
All information without warranty.

Introduction

The Apple Configurator app lets you transfer Apple School and Apple Business Manager profiles from one iOS device to another iOS device.
This also integrates these iOS devices into the Securepoint Mobile Device Management (MDM) portal.
These iOS devices do not have to be purchased directly from Apple, an authorized Apple reseller, or an authorized wireless carrier to do so.

Requirement

The following requirements must be met in order to use this procedure:

iPhone or iPad with at least iOS / iPadOS 16
existing Apple School Manager, or Apple Business Manager account
iOS-Device with Apple Configurator-App
existing DEP Profile in MDM portal with assigned Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager profile

Enrollment iOS device with Apple Configurator

In this example, a new iPad is embedded into MDM with an already embedded iPhone.

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The iPad must be reset for enrollment
Here is a description of that

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Starting the reset iPad

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Follow the instructions of the system wizard on the iPad until the section Selecting a WLANnotempty

Do not select a WLAN under any circumstances! If one has been selected, the iPad must be restarted!

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Set up Apple Configurator App on the iPhone:

Log in to Business/School Manager
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The WLAN must not be unencrypted!
MDM Server Assignment → Determined → Select Securepoint MDM

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Launch Apple Configurator of the iPhone and hold it close to the iPad.

Either

Scan the image in the System Wizard of the iPad using Apple Configurator.

or

Pair manually: Pair manually in the System Wizard of the iPad and then click Pair manually in the Apple Configurator. Den angezeigten 6-stelligen Code eingeben.

If pairing is not displayed in the System Wizard, restart Apple Configurator.

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The iPad is added
Continue the system wizard

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Continue the system wizard on the iPad procedure until Erase iPad

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Do not erase the iPad yet!

If necessary, check whether the iPad has been correctly assigned to the MDM server in ASM/ABM under Devices

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In the MDM portal under , the iPad should be listed

There it can be assigned to a profile

The iPad appears in the MDM Portal.
Under Mobile Security iOS/iPadOS DEP Profile the iPad is assigned a DEP profile:
- create a new DEP profile via the Add profile button and add the iPad under Devices, or
- select an existing DEP profile and add the iPad to it under Devices.

Only after the DEP profile has been assigned can the iPad be deleted

The details of the device tile at DEP Profile display a DEP profile with the note The profile has been assigned to the device but will only be applied the next time it is reset

After restarting and completing the initial setup of the iPad again, ‘Remote Management’ appears, which is used to register the iPad

Ensure that a Wi-Fi connection has been established

When the setup is completed, the enrollment process is finished

If the "Remote administration" is not displayed and the configuration runs again as before (it is in a loop), it may be helpful to switch off the Apple Configuration App or to no longer have the iPhone near the iPad.