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Does anyone know how MDM might work for Chromebooks? I’ve been able to get it figured out for Android devices but they tend to favour individual users.<\/p>\n
Here are our business needs:<\/p>\n
a) Affordable - we’re a charity/not for profit and I’m constantly challenged to keep my budget tighter than most.<\/p>\n
b) Can control the user experience on the device to prevent misuse<\/p>\n
c) Remote data wipes<\/p>\n
d) Multiple user profiles on the same device - this is why we can’t effectively use MDM with android.<\/p>\n
e) One of the main reasons for doing this is providing something that can process 2FA requirements since not every user has a mobile device.<\/p>\n
In my testing, I had the androids working 95% of what we needed. You can use the 2FA app to approve Microsoft logins on the same device, push specific apps while locking the store down. (Only issues I had were with printing over the network and since Samsung apps were blocked in the process I had to find a camera app to replace the onboard one.)<\/p>\n
It works great, but only for a single user. We have group homes with 5-6 users per day that could be using the same device.<\/p>\n
I honestly think if we switch to Chromebook, we’ll be no better off than Windows systems and have to rely on cell phone for staff or having Microsoft call the location.<\/p>","upvoteCount":7,"answerCount":3,"datePublished":"2021-11-19T13:22:41.000Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"aaronwatson8215","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/aaronwatson8215"},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Does anyone know how MDM might work for Chromebooks? I’ve been able to get it figured out for Android devices but they tend to favour individual users.<\/p>\n
Here are our business needs:<\/p>\n
a) Affordable - we’re a charity/not for profit and I’m constantly challenged to keep my budget tighter than most.<\/p>\n
b) Can control the user experience on the device to prevent misuse<\/p>\n
c) Remote data wipes<\/p>\n
d) Multiple user profiles on the same device - this is why we can’t effectively use MDM with android.<\/p>\n
e) One of the main reasons for doing this is providing something that can process 2FA requirements since not every user has a mobile device.<\/p>\n
In my testing, I had the androids working 95% of what we needed. You can use the 2FA app to approve Microsoft logins on the same device, push specific apps while locking the store down. (Only issues I had were with printing over the network and since Samsung apps were blocked in the process I had to find a camera app to replace the onboard one.)<\/p>\n
It works great, but only for a single user. We have group homes with 5-6 users per day that could be using the same device.<\/p>\n
I honestly think if we switch to Chromebook, we’ll be no better off than Windows systems and have to rely on cell phone for staff or having Microsoft call the location.<\/p>","upvoteCount":7,"datePublished":"2021-11-19T13:22:41.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/multiuser-mdm-for-chromebooks/817482/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"aaronwatson8215","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/aaronwatson8215"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"