Setting up gmail - iOS

[joalah]

Does anyone have a workflow to automatically set up students' gmail accounts on their ipads when they are deployed?

[cdenesha]

I'm not sure if you are asking about the profile or the scoping. This is for Google Apps for Education.

We have a Configuration Profile just for email (best practice - separate your profiles). It is Exchange ActiveSync, not gmail, and you can pre-fill the email address. See two attached pics.

It is scoped to All devices, Limited to student users based on what AD group they are in.

chris

[cbrewer]

We use ADFS for authentication to Google Apps which has made using IMAP and ActiveSync a challenge. Our current work around is deploying a web clip with the URL below. We also encourage students to configure Gmail on their own in Settings > General > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Maybe someday we'll see the ability to configure a Google account via MDM.

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?service=mail&Email=$EMAIL

[JayDuff]

@cdenesha - Brilliant. Works great! Thanks! One caveat - this will only load the main calendar. If you want to see the rest of the users' subscribed calendars, you'll want to do this.