Just read this as well?

Mobile Device Management (MDM) For Homescreen Layouts And App Controls

There is a feature included in iOS 9.3 that will let administrators at companies lock the layout of the home screen belonging to employee iPhones so that apps cannot be moved around. The layout lock requires OS X Server, Profile Manager and supervision configured on a device

So does this mean we also need a mac with osx server installed or will casper eventually have these features?

Not sure if it's a config profile, if it is you could possibly create it in profile manager, export and upload into Casper. Until the features make it into the JSS.

@conitsupport Jamf posted this saying there will be a casper upgrade on the same day IOS 9.3 comes out (31st March)

Some very exciting features coming in this release.

Classroom App requirements
https://help.apple.com/classroom/ipad/1.0/#/cadc1b9b4f8a

@RLR iOS 9.3 was released yesterday. As in you can update your iOS device to 9.3 starting yesterday.

thanks to erik over on slack for posting that there's also a 32GB requirement for Shared iPad. That pretty much kills the Classroom App and shared iPad in general for us, unless Apple real quick makes some educational bundle available with 32GB Air2s at a very reasonable price.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206177

@bpavlov Thanks! Not sure how I missed that.

Anyone got any plans on providing current students/staff with managed apples ID's even though they've created a Consumer ID using their school email address?

Next question: Anyone successfully signed up to the school manager system yet? https://school.apple.com/

Asks which country we're from and auto populates United Kingdom which is correct but doesn't let me go any further. I've noticed the only country in the drop down box is United States.

All I get is "you must sign in with a managed apple id". I signed up for this a month or so back in beta and never apparently got approved for it. I'm curious if it's even technically released yet.

@CasperSally That pretty much makes features in 9.3 useless for many institutions out there. It only supports the newest models of iPad as well, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 4. Very short list there and a 32GB storage minimum cuts out a lot of education customers.

Yup, crossing it off our list for years to come probably. Well done, Apple! The only thing that would save it for us is if they started offering cheap 32GB models to edu & even then the amt of space needed per student I'm not sure it would work for us.

We're replacing about half our iPad2s this summer, probably will stick with the 16GB models if pricing stays the same as it is now. I'm not sure all the shared stuff is enough to warrant us spending $100 more per device.

We're lucky our ipads are used in KG and 1st graders where it's not REALLY needed, they've gotten along this far without unique user profiles. If I had ipads in shared middle school environment, I'd be much more annoyed.

Maybe they plan on eventually phasing out 16GB storage on the Air and Mini? Yea, it won't help you today but after sometime this will become the norm. There's gotta be a technical reason beyond them just getting organizations spend more money on new devices.

Just make sure to get the Air2 or higher. The Air apparently is not supported, even with the 32gb model.

I spoke with my apple rep a few minutes ago about school manager. He said whats going to happen is our existing deployment portals will transition to school manager. No need to sign up.

Classroom works now, but of course requires MDM support. So as soon as Casper drops we'll be off to the races!

Does anyone know if there are minimum hardware requirements to enroll devices in Apple School Manager? Thanks to @CasperSally for posting the minimum requirements for using Shared iPad.

https://help.apple.com/classroom/ipad/1.0/#/cadc1b9b4f8a

Thanks @Rhinehart ! Looks like the Apple School Manager and Classroom will work for many iPads but some of the features that would be used with Shared iPads will still need the newest devices.