MDM friction in schools
Posts flagged recurring problems with MDM profile removal and urged low‑maintenance solutions—naming Jamf or Intune as sensible choices—to prevent bypasses and simplify multi‑campus deployments. A 'Deploy Smarter' style guide also stressed automation, performance tuning, and templated rollouts to reduce ongoing maintenance. (x.com) (x.com)
Multiple admins reported that MDM profiles can remain on iPhones after a device is removed from Intune, with an active Microsoft Q&A thread documenting a user still unable to delete the profile from Settings (Jan 31, 2022). (learn.microsoft.com) Jamf’s support guidance says non‑removable Jamf profiles can only be cleared using the Jamf “Remove MDM Profile” command while the device maintains MDM communication, or by wiping the device if that command can’t be delivered. (support.jamf.com) Open‑source tools such as the MDMPatcher‑Enhanced GitHub project explicitly target supervised iPhones and iPads to bypass or remove MDM frameworks without jailbreaking, illustrating active workaround tooling in the community. (github.com) Microsoft and Jamf publish connector integrations that let Jamf‑managed Apple devices report compliance into Intune for Conditional Access and Entra ID registration, enabling hybrid policies but adding an extra configuration step for districts that run both systems. (learn.microsoft.com) Jamf reported empowering more than 42 million students globally and serving about 28,000 education customers in a June 29, 2023 announcement, underscoring why K‑12 admins frequently consider Jamf for large Apple fleets. (jamf.com) Vendor deployment guidance and reseller playbooks recommend using pre‑enrollment programs — Apple School Manager, Android Zero‑Touch, Samsung Knox, and Microsoft Autopilot — plus templated enrollment workflows to cut manual setup time for multi‑campus rollouts. (nobilitywireless.com) Both Jamf School and Microsoft’s Intune for Education offer education‑focused consoles and simplified policy sets designed to reduce daily maintenance for small IT teams, with Intune for Education explicitly positioned for K‑12 classroom scenarios and Jamf School built for teacher‑facing device controls. (learn.microsoft.com)
