Apple @ Work: How Apple Business solved the shadow IT problem of Apple Maps Connect

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle , the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage, and protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple . Earlier this Spring, Apple unveiled Apple Business , combining Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple Business Connect (including Apple Maps Connect) into a single platform. While the free device management was the key aspect of the announcement, the integration of Apple Business Connect into an IT-managed portal solved a problem that I am not sure people were aware of. About Apple @ Work: Bradley Chambers has been an Apple IT admin since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing firewalls, switches, a mobile device management system, enterprise-grade Wi-Fi, 1000s of Macs, and 1000s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple IT managers deploy Apple devices, build networks to support them, train users, share stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for IT departments. The Apple Maps Connect era Retail and marketing folks likely remember the early days of Apple Maps Connect. Before it was rebranded to Apple Business Connect, claiming a business location on Apple Maps was a pretty clunky process. In most businesses, a marketing manager would simply log into the portal using their personal Apple Account (then known as an Apple ID) Because these profiles were tied to personal accounts, the business did not actually own the keys to its own digital storefront in Apple Maps. I experienced this firsthand. Long after I had moved on to other jobs, I still had full administrative access t