Managing device groups in the MaaS360 Portal

Follow these steps to deploy policies, apps, or documents to a group of devices in the MaaS360® Portal.

1. From the MaaS360 Portal Home page, select Devices > Groups.
   Device groups display the icon, while user groups display the icon.
2. Click a link under the name of a group to view the following actions available for the group:

   Option	Description
   Delete	Deletes the public and private groups. This action is available for private groups, but is not available for device groups with automated actions or to public groups created by MaaS360 or other administrators.
   Create Copy	Copies the group as a basis for a new group.
   Buzz Devices	Sends an alert tone to help the user locate the device in the immediate area.
   Hide Devices	Marks the devices in the group as inactive in MaaS360 reporting, but does not remove control of the devices from MaaS360.
   Send Message	Sends a notification alert to all devices in the device group. Note: This action supports only iOS, Android, and Windows Phone mobile devices. The Send Message action for BlackBerry devices includes an additional Message Type option. Select the PIN option to send an SMS message or select the Email option to send the alert notification as an email message.
   Execute Shell Script	Allows administrators to remotely push shell scripts that execute on devices.
   Push iOS Update	Pushes a new update to all iOS devices in the device group.
   OS Update History	Allows administrators to track the status of all the OS update actions performed on the device group. For more information, see Tracking the OS Update status for device groups.
   Change Policy	Changes the policy that is enforced on the device.
   Change Rule Set	Assigns a compliance rule set to all devices in the device group.
   Distribute App	Deploys an app that was uploaded to MaaS360 to all devices in the group.
   Distribute Document	Distributes a document that was uploaded to MaaS360 to all devices in the group.
   Remove App	Removes an app from the device.
   Restart iOS Devices	Restarts all iOS devices that are in the group.
   Shutdown iOS Devices	Shuts down all iOS devices that are in the group.
   Change Policy	Changes a policy that is assigned to the group of devices.
   Change Rule set	Assigns a compliance rule set to all devices in the device group.
   Change Plan	Assigns a specific plan to devices in the group. This action is available only for devices that are enabled for the MaaS360 Mobile Expense Management (MEM) module.
   Manage Android Devices	Creates one or more device group administrators to manage specific device groups such as device groups with DEP devices or corporate-owned devices. The device group administrators can then distribute apps, assign policies, or assign rule sets to devices.
   Manage Windows 10+ Devices	Deploys and removes Office 365 Suite from Windows 10+ devices in the device group. To deploy Office 365 Suite on Windows 10+ devices in the device group, choose from a list of configuration files that you can upload with the Office Deployment Tool, and then click Submit. Use the procedure in Creating a configuration file to install Office on Windows 10+ devices to create and upload a new configuration file for the Office Deployment Tool. To remove Office 365 Suite from Windows 10+ devices in the device group, choose from a list of configuration files that you can upload to uninstall Office from devices, and then click Submit. Use the procedure in Creating a configuration file to uninstall Office from Windows 10+ devices to create and upload a new configuration file to uninstall Office from Windows 10+ devices.
   Edit Group	Modifies the settings for a group of devices.

   Note: Depending on the services that are enabled in the MaaS360 Portal, some of these options might not be available.