What Device Management Actually Controls
A plain account of what the platform can set, enforce and remove, and the boundary that varies more than people expect.
Basics
What it controls
Who bought the device determines what may be done to it, and everything else follows from that.
6 notes
Managing a Thing, Affecting a Person
The central tension: the software acts on hardware, and the hardware is frequently somebody's own, carried everywhere.
Ownership Models and What Each Permits
Who bought the device determines what may be done to it. Four models, and the capability each carries.
What You Can See, and What You Cannot
A specific list, because vagueness here is read as concealment and produces more resistance than any capability does.
MDM, MAM and the Distinction That Matters
Managing the device and managing the application are different propositions. Choosing between them settles most of the personal-device question.
The Questions to Settle Before Enrolling Anyone
Six answers that determine the shape of the programme, each expensive to revisit once devices are enrolled.