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by zzyzxd 84 days ago
This is interesting to me as the IT support for my family. I have been considering using MDM to provision Wi-Fi credentials and other device configurations. 3rd party solutions are a little bit too much for what I need.

Apple Business Essentials with AppleCare+ for 3 devices and 200GB iCloud storage is $19.99 per user/mo. That's the same price as AppleCare One alone.

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I wanted to use the existing ABE product for exactly that, especially as you can actually lockdown apple devices properly to stop teens from undoing VPN settings etc … however it’s explicitly against their policies to use ABE for personal devices and I’d guess the same for this new iteration of it.
You are right. I didn't read the terms. Looks like ABE can only be used by a business entity.
For home use I think you can just generate configuration profiles manually ? If you don't want to pay
I’ve been doing exactly this with Jamf Pro for my personal devices. I’ll be interested to see if I can scrap it now.