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[Community tips] What to consider when choosing a device management option?
Following on from your post above Moombas, would you normally sort out your MDM/EMM before thinking about what type of device management mode(s) you need ie. whether you need fully managed devices, dedicated devices or devices that use work profile etc. - or is it best to do that in conjunction based on what they can best support?
How would you go about deciding what mode is needed (ie. BYOD, COPE, fully managed), would you say?
Thank you.
It very depends on use cases in my opinion.
Example BYOD: If staff just needs to be provided with apps and maybe Wifi or other settings but should be able to work with their private phone, then i would choose BYOD.
Example COPE: Same as BYOD but if device is provided/owned by the company, i would prefer COPE.
Example fully managed: If devices have to stay in the companys environment (Stores, warehouses, trucks,...) and not to be used for private stuff, i prefer fully managed (we mostly use this atm).
Example fully managed - dedicaded device (kiosk): If you need to provide the device very locked down because customers have access to it to order something or similar things. Or if you need to provide a very static and stable device like in warehouses to limit the risk of usage issues, i would prefer a dedicaded device.
In general (from IT perspective) i would always choose the one with the most possibilitys regarding management but always keep in mind it has to fit the best to the relevant use case.
Some people think that BYOD means "managing the private device" and because of that they don't want it but that's not true. BYOD means providing possibilitys to work with a private device instead of heaving a seperate work device in hand.
