How do Wi-Fi profiles work in Skie and are the passwords encrypted?

Typing a long school Wi-Fi password onto thirty tablets is slow and goes wrong. A Wi-Fi profile removes the typing. You enter the network name and password once in the dashboard, choose the groups it applies to, and the devices receive it with their policy.

Security is the obvious worry. The password is stored encrypted and is not displayed back, not even to administrators. Staff can replace it but cannot read it. This matters in a school, where many people with different roles can see the dashboard. Skie reaches the device through the signed policy bundle, which the device verifies before it accepts anything.

Rotating the password is just an edit. Change it on the profile and the devices update on the next sync. Devices that are offline get the new password when they come back. A tablet that cannot reach the network because the old password no longer works may need a nearby Wi-Fi or a hotspot for that first sync.

Wi-Fi settings can also be locked on the device, which is an optional hardening switch, so students cannot add their own networks or hotspots. In a hostel this is a common choice, with the hostel network as the only one allowed.

Practical tip: when you provision on a different network from the one the devices will use in class, add the class profile to the group first so the first sync brings it in. See freezing provisioning and hostel device management.

• Set the password once for many devices
• Stored encrypted and never shown back
• Rotate by editing the profile
• Wi-Fi settings can be locked on the device