With the dramatic increase in devices deployed to maintain and expand 1:1 programs, school districts need to ensure students are kept safe, connected, and productive while using devices on campus, at home, and at off-campus locations.

Highlights

Effectively track, monitor, and secure student devices no matter where they are, on and off campus

Stay audit-ready with customizable reports on devices purchased with state or federal disbursements

Improve missing device return rates by leveraging native capabilities like secure, on-device end user communications, device freeze, and geolocation tracking

Lessen demands and stress on your IT team with an easy-to-use device management tool

Get the truth from your devices, apps, and data

Report on hardware and software utilization

Determine accurate device location, establish geo-fencing to detect unauthorized device movement, and receive alerts when device leaves pre-defined boundaries.
Get up-to-date accurate details on hardware and software inventory across your fleet.
See amount of time spent using each device and how much active time spent on Web-based approved educational resources.

Maintain device health and remediate threats

Freeze at-risk-devices and self-heal mission-critical applications

Report and alert to instantly know whenever encryption and anti-malware software is absent or vulnerable.
Remotely disable use of missing or stolen devices and display custom on-screen message requesting device return.
Use a library of custom scripts to remotely configure, decommission, and address vulnerabilities across your device fleet.
Leverage Application Resilience to automatically repair and reinstall critical applications, such as Endpoint Management, VPN, Endpoint Protection, Data Protection, when they are found to be missing, disabled, or not running in a healthy state.

Identify sensitive information on devices

Remotely delete data

Scan your endpoints for sensitive data like student information, social security numbers, and PHI.
Selectively delete files on any device and perform an end-of-life device wipe with compliance certificate.

Investigate missing and stolen devices

Improve your missing or stolen device return rates

Leverage native capabilities like secure, on-device end user communications, device freeze, and geolocation tracking to handle your missing device reclamation process.
Leverage Absolute’s experienced investigations team for recovery of stolen devices in collaboration with law enforcement. In the event a device cannot be recovered, a Service Guarantee is available to aid in purchasing a replacement device (some conditions apply).

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