Key Concepts

The following are the key concepts available in WSO2 Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM):

Mobile Device Management (MDM)

WSO2 EMM's core function to manage devices. The following features list out how WSO2 EMM manages the devices enrolled.

• Self-service device enrollment and management with end-user EMM Console for iOS, Android, and Windows devices.
• Integrates to enterprise identity systems for device ownership: LDAP, Microsoft AD
• Policy-driven device and profile management for security, data, and device features (Camera, Password Policy).
• Deploy policies over-the-air.
• Compliance monitoring for applied policies on devices.
• Role-based access control (RBAC) for device management.
• Securely wipe enterprise configurations from Enterprise wipe.
• Track locations of enrolled devices.
• Retrieve device information.
• Facilitate device-owner operations such as registering and unregistering devices, installing, rating, sorting mobile apps, etc.

 Mobile App Management

WSO2 EMM manages applications installed on the mobile devices.

• Supports App management.
• App approval process through a lifecycle.
• Provision and de-provisioning apps to enrolled devices.
• Provision apps to enrolled devices based on roles.
• Provision apps to multiple enrolled devices per user.
• Retrieve the list of apps.
• Install new apps and update existing apps on iOS devices via REST APIs, enabling automation of application installation/updates for third-party systems/vendors.
• Install Web Clips on devices.
• Enterprise App Store.

• Discover mobile apps through an Enterprise App Store.

• Self-provisioning of mobile apps to devices.

• Rating and Sorting Applications.

• Password reset.

Device and Data Security

Another key area with WSO2 EMM is that it securely manages devices and data.

• Multi-tenancy to ensure data isolation across all tenants.
• Enforce built-in security features of passcode and encryption.
• Encryption of data storage.
• Device lock and reset.
• Managed APIs to perform administrative functions.
• Ring and GPS to locate device remotely if lost/stolen.