What Is Unified Endpoint Management?
In 3 Game-Changing Windows 10 Benefits for Unified Endpoint Management, VMware’s Sumit Dhawan gives us a concise definition of unified endpoint management:
“What (unified endpoint management) means is a single, dynamic operating environment for ALL devices and ALL apps, with security and identity deeply integrated throughout it all.”
—Sumit Dhawan
But how does unified endpoint management work? What tools exist to help businesses achieve this dynamic operating environment? And what’s the value in today’s complex, quickly evolving end-user computing (EUC) ecosystem?
VMware EUC SVP and GM Sanjay Poonen answered just those questions on the mainstage at VMworld U.S. 2016. Watch his 3-minute demo, showcasing the technology and value of the new unified endpoint management architecture:
Unified Endpoint Management Technology Architecture
Blake Brannon, VMware AirWatch VP of product marketing, reveals new technologies that make a unified endpoint management architecture possible:
With these new technologies in mind, Blake took the definition of unified endpoint management a step further in a recent AirWatch Blog:
“UEM technology brings an enterprise’s entire EUC environment together in a meaningful, transformative way. No more stacks, no more silos, no more redundancy. Just one technology architecture to perform all the functions above in a better way.
“With VMware’s new UEM technology … we finally deliver a new architecture that brings app, desktop and mobile management together—with next-gen security and identity interwoven throughout. The end result is a simpler, more secure digital workspace architecture for IT and a powerfully transformed experience that makes it possible for users to finally love their work.”
—Blake Brannon, The New Era of EUC Is Here: Introducing Unified Endpoint Management
[Related: The Evolution of Device Management]
Major OS Innovations at the Core of Unified Endpoint Management Architecture
Research analysts and technology experts alike herald the new era of end-user computing as unified endpoint management.
Beginning with mobile device management (MDM) and evolving into enterprise mobility management (EMM), unified endpoint management leverages new technologies into the endpoint management architecture. Operating system innovations from the major players—Apple, Google and Microsoft—enabled MDM for mobile devices. With its new Windows 10 operating system (OS), Microsoft advanced the next era of computing in a game-changing way.
“By offering a single OS for both Windows mobile devices and traditional PCs, Windows 10 is a game-changer. IT admins can now manage all Windows devices—mobile and PCs—from a single console. No more silos, no more redundant resources: just a singular focus on delivering value through a purpose-built EUC architecture.”
—Sumit Dhawan, 2 Massive Innovations Reshaping the Future of Computing
[Related: 6 Ways Windows 10 Changes the Enterprise]
For EUC IT admins, here’s a demo of the corporate workflow when you enable both Windows 10 and AirWatch within a unified endpoint management architecture. Key value here: users get up and running with zero IT involvement. IT admins can manage and secure Windows 10 devices without time-consuming traditional imaging and complicated scripts. End users can capitalize on a simple and powerful out-of-box experience.
In addition to the video above, AirWatch released nine free demo videos showcasing Windows 10 management and deployment within this “single console” architecture. Watch all the videos here. The top nine highlighted AirWatch + Windows 10 capabilities are:
Out-of-box enrollment
Enrollment via Office app
Bulk enrollment
Traditional client functions
Application management
Windows update management
Health attestation
Enterprise Data Protection (EDP)
Per App VPN
Dive into these features and more at windowsuem.com.
“Single Platform, Single Process” Key to Successfully Unifying Endpoint Management
To truly deliver unified endpoint management within your business, an entire ecosystem must be considered. From multiple OS platforms and devices to next-gen security and apps, your EUC team is likely managing many different management tools, policies, user groups and security protocols. How great would it be if you could do all of this and more from a single, unified platform?
That is the dream: a single platform, single process for IT teams that not only streamlines management. A truly unified endpoint management architecture can help position IT as a growth enabler, by streamlining employee workflows, enabling “mobile moments” and delivering new ways of delivering new products to new markets. Check out the amazing video stories of IT doing just that: delivering innovation that transforms businesses, starting with the Coca-Cola Freestyle.
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