According to https://documentation.meraki.com/SM/Monitoring_and_Reporting/How_Systems_Manager_Approximates_the_Location_of_a_Managed_Device : "Due to Apple end-user privacy restrictions, it is not possible for EMM vendors to force GPS location on iOS devices without user notification, nor is it possible to permanently lock location services to be enabled."     --- Problem: You can turn on but not turn off Location Services.   Root Cause: When you turn on Location Services, the iOS defaults the 'Share My Location' to on. However, if you have the supervised profile setting 'Allow modifying Find My Friends settings' disabled, the end-user cannot disable this and in-turn this prevents the end-user being able to turn off 'Location Services'. You can confirm this by going in to General -> Privacy -> Location Services -> Systems Services:       --- Fix  / Workaround: Enable the setting 'Allow modifying Find My Friends settings'   The specific profile setting that needs enabled is:   I hope this helps anyone else who might have stumbled across this. An interesting one for sure!   Thank you, Peter James ... View more

RE: Systems Manager 5.1.5 | Release Date: 2nd May 2019   Android version? Android 7.0 Keyboard choice? Vendor Default - Gboard Profile Black/White List? Whitelist   (The bit that is not clear, is that by enabling the whitelist profile even the default keyboard is blocked until it is added. For Gboard, the app package name is 'com.google.android.inputmethod.latin' which needs to be copied in to one of the whitelist fields)   Problem Today, I setup a new device and found myself without a keyboard. This is a problem I have seen before so I thought I would share.   Pre-steps The first thing to do is make sure you the Gboard app is your device keyboard in-use, if you unsure remove all device profiles on the device and then go in to Settings -> apps to see which yours is.   If you are using whitelist app permissions, make sure this is listed and the profile is on the device.   (The alternative is to install a third party App keyboard via System Manager -> Apps)   Workaround Steps 1. Open 'Language * input' 2. Select 'Virtual Keyboard'; make sure your keyboard is listed here 3. Open Default keyboard and select Gboard   This will result in the following and you should have your keyboard back!     I hope this helps! Peter James ... View more

After reading the Apple Newsroom article The facts about parental control apps I get the feeling certain options for the SM App controlling non-supervised devices might come to an end....   This paragraph is the most telling ..."Over the last year, we became aware that several of these parental control apps were using a highly invasive technology called Mobile Device Management, or MDM. MDM gives a third party control and access over a device and its most sensitive information including user location, app use, email accounts, camera permissions, and browsing history." ... View more

Spot the new features 😄   I am just going to list all the iOS12 profile options...   iOS 12+ Allow managed apps to write contacts to unmanaged contacts accounts Allow unmanaged apps to read from merged contacts accounts     iOS 12.2+   Allow server-side Siri logging   iOS 12+ Supervised   Turn the Date & Time 'Set Automatically' feature to ON and disallow user disabling Allow users to used saved passwords in Safari and AutoFill Passwords feature Allow user's device to request passwords from nearby devices Allow users to shaire their passwords with the Airdrop Passwords feature Allow users to add or remove a cellular plan to the eSIM on the device Allow users to modify the personal hotspot setting   Thank you, Peter James ... View more

I once had to delete my best friend....they were threatening to flip my bits. ... View more