ADE Profile Workflows

What

Having ADE (formerly known as DEP) Profiles defined is one thing, but having them assigned to devices is another...and critical.  ADE Profile workflows allow us to automatically assign ADE profiles based on programmatic criteria.

When/Why

As much as possible we always want to use automatic profile assigning rules.  Automatic assignment saves us time from having to manually assign profiles, and ensures that even brand new devices that are still in shrink wrap will have a ADE profile assigned correctly.

Reminder: ADE profile assignment, or changes in assignment impact nothing on the device's current state.  Those changes are only pertinent the NEXT time the device goes through the setup assistant.

You might find you only need one workflow, or you may find you need many...it tends to be driven by the number of ADE profiles you have.  In general, fewer ADE profiles is better (to reduce complexity).

How

Creating a new profile workflow is very similar to creating a smart group or a report.  However, you'll notice in the below that we use the Operating System field from the ADE Devices table to assign our AppleTV profile to all AppleTV devices.  We explicitly use that field because it comes directly from the ADE sync with Apple, and will always be populated, where FileWave normal inventory fields will only be populated AFTER enrollment.

Watch below as we assign all AppleTVs to the AppleTV profile we created earlier: