iPad in Business: Deployment Scenarios
Summary: Learn how iPad integrates seamlessly into enterprise environments with these deployment scenarios and device configuration overviews.
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iOS supports digital certificates, giving business users secure, streamlined access to corporate services.
Apple Configurator makes it easy to mass configure and deploy iPhone and iPad for enterprise deployments.
iPhone and iPad can communicate directly with your Microsoft Exchange Server via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), enabling push email, calendar, contacts, and tasks.
With support for the IMAP mail protocol, LDAP directory services, and CalDAV calendaring and CardDAV contacts protocols, iOS can integrate with just about any standards-based mail, calendar, and contacts environment.
iOS supports Mobile Device Management (MDM), giving businesses the ability to manage scaled deployments of iPhone and iPad across their organizations.
iOS, the operating system at the core of iPhone and iPad, is built upon layers of security. This enables iPhone and iPad to securely access corporate services and protect important data.
Secure access to private corporate networks is available on iPhone and iPad using established industry-standard virtual private network (VPN) protocols.
Out of the box, iPhone and iPad can securely connect to corporate or guest Wi-Fi networks, making it quick and simple to join available wireless networks whether you’re onsite or on the road.
When deploying iPad in your business, it's important to think about the role of iTunes. A few key functions require iTunes, starting with the activation of the device.
iPad supports Mobile Device Management, giving businesses the ability to manage scaled deployments of iPad across their organizations.
iPad supports digital certificates, giving business users secure, streamlined access to corporate services. On iPad, certificate-based authentication is supported for access to Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, VPN, and Wi-Fi networks.
Accessing enterprise Wi-Fi networks with iPad is seamless, thanks to support for WPA2 Enterprise Wi-Fi with 802.1X authentication. Features like Automatic Wi-Fi Login and Persistent Wi-Fi make the process of joining known networks and staying connected easy whether users are in the office or on the road.
iPad easily connects with corporate VPN servers to give users secure access to critical business information.
iPad supports standards-based services for email, calendars and contacts. IMAP servers enable users to sync email and notes. CalDAV support for calendar servers like iCal Server, Oracle Beehive, or Zimbra delivers new events and allows user to create invitations on the go. CardDAV and LDAP support gives users access to their corporate directories.
iPad connects directly to enterprise mail servers like Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino via Exchange ActiveSync providing users push email, calendar events, and contacts.
