Is there a way to not allow a student to use a passcode on their iPad?

[david_yenzer]

I see lots of posts about the difficulty of clearing forgotten passcodes since the iPads no longer connect to wi-fi after going to sleep for a period of time, resulting in a DFU as the fix - but I did not see anything about whether we could block students entirely from entering a passcode on the iPad? Is that possible?

Thanks!

[jbisgett · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can create a configuration profile to restrict Modifying passcode under Restrictions -> Functionality and assign it to your student devices. You could then do a search and perform a mass action to clear the passcodes from those devices.

This will remove the passcode from the devices and prevent the students from setting it again.

[jbisgett]

Also, make sure that your prestage enrollment for your student devices has Passcode lock checked to not be displayed, so they are not prompted to set it during enrollment.

[david_yenzer]

Hot diggity! Thanks, that language in the policy was a little less than intuitive to me...can't modify it unless it has been created first...hence my question. I did a quick test and that solves it!

Our prestage it set to only show Location Services to the user, so the other suggestion should already be handled.

THANKS!