SkieHow do you publish a device model profile?
After scanning a master device and reviewing the apps in the add a model wizard, you press Publish. Publishing makes the profile live for every device of that model, clears the unreviewed warning at the readiness gate and gives the model full app control. Until you publish, the model stays unreviewed.
Publishing is the last step of the add a model wizard and the point where your review takes effect. Until then, the profile is a draft. Nothing in it applies to devices, and devices of the model are handled as unreviewed.
Before you press Publish, read the list once more. Check that the essentials are marked, typically the dialler, the clock, settings and anything your school relies on such as a maker's camera or notes app. Check that the apps you expect to be hidden are not marked essential. A review of a minute or two now saves a call from a teacher later.
Publishing applies to the whole organisation. Every device of that model, existing and future, uses the profile. Skie applies the change on the next sync, and the compliance reading afterwards shows whether the device took it. Hiding or suspending is reversible, so a profile mistake can be corrected by editing it and publishing again, with no apps deleted.
Who can publish depends on role. It is usually someone at organisation level or an administrator the organisation has authorised for devices, not a class teacher. Skie's own team publishes profiles for the global catalogue.
Practical tip: test with one student account on the master device after publishing. Open the apps the student should have and confirm the ones that should be hidden are gone. See the wizard and the master device.
- A profile is a draft until published
- Applies to every device of the model
- Can be edited and published again
- Hidden apps are not deleted