SkieHow do I create a Wi-Fi profile and send it to all devices?
Add a Wi-Fi profile in the dashboard with the network name, security type and password, choose where it applies, and save. Devices receive it with their policy, so you do not enter the network on each tablet. The password is stored encrypted and never shown back. Wi-Fi settings can also be locked after setup.
Entering a Wi-Fi password on every tablet is slow and error-prone, and students will happily share a password you want to keep to yourself. A Wi-Fi profile removes that step.
In the dashboard you create the profile: the network name, the security type, and the password. You then choose where it applies, such as one school, a hostel or the entire organisation. Devices receive the profile along with their policy. Online devices take it within seconds, and others on their next sync. During provisioning, the profile also helps get a device onto the network without anyone typing in a password.
The password is protected. It is stored encrypted and is never shown back to anyone, including administrators. If you need to change it, you enter a new one. See rotate a Wi-Fi password and are Wi-Fi passwords stored safely.
Lock Wi-Fi settings is an optional protection, off by default. When you switch it on, a student cannot add other networks or change the ones you set. In a hostel, where you want the hostel network to be the only one, that is the point. See hostel device management and night mode. The filter does not depend on the network: filtering DNS is locked on the device, so it travels over any Wi-Fi or mobile data. If a network blocks the encrypted DNS port, the dashboard flags it.
Practical tip: test the profile on a pilot group first, including in the room with the weakest signal, before you apply it organisation-wide.