MDM for Families?

[MadXD]

Is there an MDM solution that works well for families?

I have 20 Apple devices in my home (and growing), supporting a family of five. Keeping all those devices updated and managed is a constant, often stressful undertaking.

If it helps, I’m a registered Apple dev and am enrolled in Apple Business Mgr.

 

[glenthompson]

Have you looked at Jamf? I have no personal knowledge of it.

 

[chown33]

Another tool I'm aware of is Apple Configurator. It's free on the App Store.

It has online docs, readable without installing the app first. Here's one example of a search result for apple configurator in DuckDuckGo:

Apple Configurator 2 for Mac User Guide

Apple Configurator 2 makes it easy to deploy iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV devices in your school or business.

support.apple.com

I have no idea how it compares to Apple Business Manager. I don't know if they overlap, one is a subset of the other, or they're intended for completely different things.

 

[ZMacintosh]

Jamf now first three devices are free. what are you trying to do?

 

[hobowankenobi]

Takes a bit to set up, but as a dev, you might like the free/opensource Munki. Macs only though...no iOS.

Profile Manager in Server is useful for smaller groups, and handles iOS. While it is not loved, typically it falls down in enterprise environments. I have not used it for a couple OS revs, so no idea if it is better or worse in the current version than say about 10.14 or so. Overview here.