MDS Discover is designed to gather critical information about an organisation’s environment, requirements, and goals when deciding to deploy or expand their Apple install base. This assessment provides essential, high-level insights into the current state of device management, security, compliance, and network readiness, ensuring the proposed Apple device management solution is tailored to meet the client’s specific needs.

This evaluation includes key aspects such as device management goals, the number and types of devices managed, authentication and identity management processes, security requirements, and network assessment.

Coverage

Assessing Device Management
Objectives and Integration

Determine and analyze your device management objectives, user workflows, locations, and the integration of Apple devices.

Evaluating Devices and Growth Requirements

Determine the number and types of devices currently in use and identify growth requirements to accurately scope the proposed solution.

Assessing Authentication and
Identity Management

Review existing systems and processes for employee authentication, assess the need for Single Sign-On (SSO), and identify the current identity provider.

Evaluating Security and
Compliance

Understand your organisation’s security policies and requirements and identify the apps and systems used to enforce these security policies.

Benefits

Finding Report

A concise summary of technical evaluation details, tailored to your infrastructure.

Technical Proposal

A customized technical plan for implementing the Apple solution within the your environment, addressing all assessment points.

Actionable Insights

Clear, practical recommendations to optimize device management, enhance security, and improve network readiness.

Strategic Alignment

Ensures the proposed solution aligns with your goals and operational needs.

MDS Discover Timeline

Requirements

Availability of a senior decision-maker for a meeting during this assessment.

Supervised access to the organisation's device inventory and management system.

Knowledge of current authentication and identity management processes.

Information on the organisations' security policies and systems.