Why your business should embrace ‘Mac as a Choice’ and how a UEM can helpSolved

Choice is a powerful motivator. Whether it’s deciding what to wear or picking your favorite ice cream flavor, having the freedom to choose can leave you feeling confident and empowered for the rest of the day. Allowing employees to choose their work devices is no exception. When given the option to choose their device, employees are likely to be more productive. As companies acknowledge the numerous benefits of offering their employees the work device of their choice, the “Mac as a choice” policy has gained momentum in today’s corporate world.

• a quick and good responsive support and service team.

How Hexnode suits your business?

• Central console for all device platforms– The company does not need to stick to a particular type of device categories such as iOS, Android or Windows. Hexnode handles all types of devices from a single console. Configurations can be set up individually for different platforms and deployed as a single policy.
• Advanced device enrollment– Supports vendor specific and automatic enrollment techniques such as G Suite enrollment, Knox Mobile Enrollment, Apple DEP, Android Enterprise and Zero-Touch Enrollment.
• Data and device security– In case the device is lost or has fallen into the hands of the wrong person, actions such as wipe, lock screen, scan device location, enable lost mode are few features that secure device data . These actions prevent leakage of valuable data from the device.
• Kiosk lockdown– The iOS, Windows and Android devices can be locked down to a single app using the Kiosk mode feature. In addition, Android and iOS devices support multi-app Kiosk mode which lets the admin lock down the device to a bunch of apps/websites.
• Productivity-enhancing device configurations– Network configurations such as Wi-Fi, VPN, email can be set up and applied to the devices over the air. Websites and applications can be blacklisted or whitelisted to improve working conditions.
• Pricing– Hexnode provides five pricing plans from the basic one ‘Express’ to ‘Ultra’. Hence, making the product affordable for businesses of any size. Moreover, Hexnode provides a free trial for a month with Ultra plan to check out the features.

We are using a hexnode policy on tablet devices with single-app kiosk mode and it works fine. I’m now testing the same policy on a Chromecast 4K device. The steps I’ve followed are roughly as follows:

• setup Chromecast device
• turn on USB debugging
• download hexnode APK from [1] and install on Chromecast through ADB
• launch hexnode app
• enroll device (enter server name, setup permissions…)
• in hexnode management, apply single-app policy to device

The kiosk app is installed (I can see it from adb shell pm list packages), the kiosk mode is entered, but the kiosk app is not launched. The screen ends up on what looks like the hexnode internal app launcher, our kiosk app is briefly listed during installation, but then disappears. Pressing the HOME button on the remote briefly pops up the default Chromecast launcher, then gets back to the (mostly) hexnode launcher.

@agnussamual