Chapter 1. Getting Started
As you read through the chapters, you will get a full understanding of all the tools included in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with AirWatch by VMware's mobile management suite. We will go through each of the toolsets available to ensure that you understand what is available and how to set up and configure each of them. The intention of this book is not to dive into extreme detail of AirWatch's EMM but to give you the knowledge needed to understand, represent, and set up the configurations. Understand that the mobile space is an extremely fast-growing market and some of the information might have already been updated. The information presented in this book is current as of AirWatch 7.3.
In this chapter, we will take a look at what is needed to get started with AirWatch; we will explore the different licensing options and what hosting methods are available with support. We will also look at the different types of devices that are supported along with the different profile options to manage the devices. Toward the end of the chapter, we will look at setting up the environment in preparation for the following chapters.
The following will be covered in this chapter:
- An overview of AirWatch
- Management suite options
- Hosting options
- Support options
- Learning and deployment services
- Supported devices
- Device ownership
- Setting up your environment
