Managing device groups in the IBM MaaS360 Portal

Deploy policies, apps, or documents to a group of devices in the IBM® MaaS360® Portal.

1. From the IBM MaaS360 Portal home page, select Devices > Groups.
   Device groups display the device group icon, while user groups display the user groups icon.
2. Click a link under the name of a group to view the actions available for that 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	Alerts with a tone to help the user locate the device in the immediate area.
   Hide Devices	Sets the devices in the group as inactive in MaaS360 reporting, but does not remove control of the devices from MaaS360.
   Send Message	A notification alert is sent 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 extra 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	The administrators can remotely push shell scripts that run on devices.
   Push iOS Update	Pushes an iOS software update or enforces an iOS software update within a specified time frame on devices in a group. For more information, see Deploying iOS updates in MaaS360. Note: The enforce iOS update is applicable for Supervised devices with iOS version 17 and later.
   OS Update History	The administrators can track the status of all the OS update actions that are 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	Distributes an app from the App Catalog to all devices in the group. The app and its configuration can be distributed only if its the same device group. Note: For tvOS devices, You can distribute apps only by using the Instant Install distribution mode. You can distribute apps only with device-based Apple Volume Purchase Program (VPP) licenses. Do not distribute iOS apps to tvOS devices and vice versa. To distribute apps to tvOS devices in a group, make sure that the group includes only tvOS devices. Do not add any iOS devices to this group.
   Distribute Document	Distributes a document that is uploaded to IBM 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 Devices	Deploys and removes Office 365 Suite from Windows devices in the device group. To deploy Office 365 Suite on Windows devices in the device group, choose from a list of configuration files that you can upload with the Office Deployment Tool, and click Submit. Use the procedure in Creating a configuration file to install Office on Windows devices to create and upload a new configuration file for the Office Deployment Tool. To remove Office 365 Suite from Windows devices in the device group, choose from a list of configuration files that you can upload to uninstall Office from devices, and click Submit. Use the procedure in Creating a configuration file to uninstall Office from Windows devices to create and upload a new configuration file to uninstall Office from Windows devices.
   Edit Group	Modifies the settings for a group of devices.

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