iOS Deployment and Management Training

This hands-on course provides technical coordinators and system administrators with the skills, tools and knowledge to deploy and maintain iOS based devices and provision in-house developed mobile apps on iOS devices: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Delegates will learn how to utilise iTunes for activation, backup/restore and updating.

They will discuss, compare and utilise the different methods of creating and deploying iOS Configuration Profiles, learn how to integrate iOS based devices effectively into a Microsoft Exchange network using Exchange ActiveSync is covered and lastly, how to configure and utilise a Mobile Device Management server.

Course Outline
Working with Local Devices

• Compare iTunes activation modes
• Discuss and utilise different backup and restore methodologies
• Best practice for updating iOS devices and end-user usage

iPhone Configuration Utility

• Introduction to iPhone Configuration Utility
• Creating configuration profiles including device security, application usage, user restriction, collaboration information and certificates
• Exporting and distributing
• profiles via Web, e-mail and other methods
• Security considerations of manually distributing profiles and best practice to ensure they are a kept secure

Integrating with Microsoft Exchange

• Using Microsoft Exchange via Exchange ActiveSync
• Compare and contrast the versions that can be used and which features of Exchange can be utilised
• Understand how the Exchange ActiveSync process works with iOS devices and how to troubleshoot it
• Practical exercises on integrating with Exchange via E-mail, Calendar and Contacts

Mobile App Provisioning

• iOS Developer programs, the differing types and where they differ from each other in the options they give an organisation
• How to provision in-house developed apps using provisioning profiles and how to deploy ad-hoc apps for beta testing
• How to install and use the iPhone SDK and understand what is required to develop web apps and native apps

Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Utilising Mobile Device Management with Mac OS X Server/Microsoft Exchange server
How to configure and provision iOS devices 'over the air' (OTA) via SCEP