Device Profiles are the primary method for managing devices in Workspace ONE UEM. They encapsulate the settings that, when combined with compliance policies, facilitate the enforcement of corporate rules and procedures. You can create profiles for each platform type and configure a payload, which comprises the specific settings you want to configure on devices.

In this exercise, you will create a profile to configure the passcode requirements on iOS devices. 

To configure the Passcode profile:

1. In the Workspace ONE console, navigate to Resources.

2. Click on Profiles.

3. From the Add dropdown menu, select Add Profile.

4. Click on Apple iOS.

5. For Management Type, select Imperative. For Context, select Device.

6. Click Next.

7. For the Profile Name, enter iOS Passcode Profile.

8. Scroll down the list of payloads until you find the Passcode payload. Click Add.

9. Click the button to enable Require passcode on device.

10. Set the Minimum Passcode Length to 4.

11. Set Auto-Lock (min) to 1.

12. Click Next.

13. Click the Smart Group dropdown and select Corporate-owned iOS Devices.

14. Click Save & Publish.

In this exercise, you will create a profile that will subscribe managed iOS devices to the Apple Holiday calendar.

To create a Subscribed Calendars profile:

1. In the Workspace ONE console, navigate to Resources.

2. Click on Profiles.

3. From the Add dropdown menu, select Add Profile.

4. Click on Apple iOS.

5. For Management Type, select Imperative. For Context, select Device.

6. Click Next.

7. For the Profile Name, enter iOS Subscribed Calendars.

8. Scroll down the list of payloads until you find the Subscribed Calendars payload. Click Add.

9. For URL enter: https://p24-calendars.icloud.com/holiday/US_en.ics.

13. Click Next.

14. Click the Smart Group dropdown and select Corporate-owned iOS Devices.

15. Click Save & Publish.

There are multiple ways to check the installation status of a profile on a device. In this exercise, you will explore four of them.

To check the status of a profile installation:

1. In the Workspace ONE console, click on Resources.

2. Click on Profiles.

3. Scroll through the list of profiles until you find iOS Subscribed Calendars. Click on the profile name.

4. Review the dashboard to see the status of the profile deployment.

5. On your enrolled iOS device, launch Intelligent Hub.

6. Click on the Support tab.

7. Scroll down and click on Profiles.

8. The iOS Subscribed Calendars profile should be listed.

9. In the Workspace ONE console, navigate to Devices. Select Devices.

10. Click on the name of your enrolled device.

11. Select the Profiles tab.

12. The iOS Subscribed Calendars profile should be listed with a green checkmark under the Status column to indicate that the profile is installed.

13. Click the Troubleshooting tab.

14. Scroll through the log until you find entries related to the profile installation.