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A profile is a collection of configuration and security settings that an

administrator has created in order to apply those settings to particular

categories of users or devices. A profile can be created in several different

ways, including through the MDM software, or in a program such as the

Apple Configurator, for example. Profiles are typically text-based files,

usually in an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format, and are pushed

out to the different devices that require them. Profiles should be developed

based on the needs of the organization. You can develop a profile specific to

certain platforms, operating systems, or devices, so that a particular type of

device will get certain settings.

You can also develop profiles that are specific to different user categories

or management groupings (such as mobile sales representatives, middle

managers, senior managers, and executives). Your senior organizational

executives might have a specific profile applied to their devices granting

them additional permissions and access to special apps or connections.

You might also apply group-specific profiles to external users, such as

consultants or business partners. These users may require limited access to

organizational resources using their own mobile device, their organization’s

mobile devices, or even mobile devices temporarily issued by your

organization. A group-specific profile applied to these external users may

give them particular network configuration and security settings so that they

can access a business extranet, for example, or use specific VPN settings.

They may also require access to particular enterprise or business-to-business

(B2B) apps hosted on your organization’s servers. In any case, both deviceand

user-specific profiles can be very helpful in managing larger groups of

users, delivering uniform security and configuration settings to their devices

based on different mission or business requirements.

Depending on your organizational needs, you could conceivably apply

several different profiles to a device at once, based on platform, user group,

and so forth. When multiple profiles are applied, there’s a chance some

settings will conflict. For example, some restrictive settings for a device

profile may not be consistent with some less-restrictive ones in a group or

user profile. When both are applied to the device, the different configuration

settings may conflict and overwrite each other. The solution is to pay special

attention to profile precedence and configure the MDM server to resolve

conflicts using criteria such as user group membership or security

requirements.

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