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My organization currently uses MS Intune to manage all iOS devices. However, I found that we constantly have issues with devices that are either lock (activation lock, user error, etc). My boss insist to keep using MS Intune but I think Apple Business Manager could be a better choice. I did a serach but couldn’t find and comparision.<\/p>","upvoteCount":5,"answerCount":8,"datePublished":"2020-04-20T11:47:52.000Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"spiceuser-wuepa","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/spiceuser-wuepa"},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"
My organization currently uses MS Intune to manage all iOS devices. However, I found that we constantly have issues with devices that are either lock (activation lock, user error, etc). My boss insist to keep using MS Intune but I think Apple Business Manager could be a better choice. I did a serach but couldn’t find and comparision.<\/p>","upvoteCount":5,"datePublished":"2020-04-20T11:47:52.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/ms-intune-or-apple-business-manager/759629/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"spiceuser-wuepa","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/spiceuser-wuepa"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I agree with your boss. We buy our iOS devices through an authorized Apple reseller and register them through the Apple device enrollment program (DEP) at a fee of about $5 per mth./device. The DEP lets us view our registered devices in Apple Business Manager, add our MDM server (which is also Intune), and secures the communication between ABM and Intune with a certificate. The information of the DEP registered devices is then forwarded to InTune. We could also register devices individually through InTune, but the DEP/ABM lets us do it in bulk, which has proven quite helpful.<\/p>\n
The actual management of the devices, however, is conducted through Intune - device configuration, security, OS updates, app configuration, app blocking, GDPR compliance (! big one in Europe). You cannot achieve all this with ABM - what you can do is roll out apps and books centrally. In other words, if you need full mobile device management, stick with InTune!<\/p>","upvoteCount":1,"datePublished":"2020-04-20T12:10:02.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/ms-intune-or-apple-business-manager/759629/2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"oliverw8","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/oliverw8"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"