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[Community tips] What to consider when choosing an enterprise mobility management solution?
Hello everyone,
I hope you are having a good week.
A management solution helps you to set up, secure and manage your devices in your organisation. I see it like a comfy hub for you to ens...
- First of all note down a (long) list what you expect the EMM should do/cover
- Look around which MDM's are available and request from some chosen ones to the developers a comparing list, to see which expectations could be met.
- Consider if an EMM is already available to you (Intune for exampe if you are a Microsoft house depending on the licensing etc.) but keep in mind to compare it's functionality as well with the competitors.
- Also consider if additional sotware/licenses are needed (to ensure for example a remote control possibility).
- Compare pricing and arrange some Demo-Tests.
- Have a final decision because of the findings and pricing.
Some points to take into concideration:
- availability of Cloud service or on-prem (depending of what you prefer)
- how fast do changes take place on the devices if you do them in the EMM
- remote control availability
- user friendly UI
- user management (EntraID integration?)
- pricing of course (normally cost/device lowers with enhancing amount of devices)
- product support (and maybe additional costs here for extended support)
- does it cover all OS you need to maintain (maybe Apple, MAC, MS, Linux or others)
- additional licenses needed for servers or software (which could also generate more costs)
- ...
