Device Groups

Create Device Groups

Advantages:

• Your groups can be based on location, hierarchy, or any grouping configuration you choose

• This is not a required step, but makes it easier to enroll devices directly into a specific group of your choosing

• Setting Device Groups ensures simplicity when creating Rules
  
  

• Filtering your device list, app usage and reports on Device Groups helps identify issues

• Its also useful for managing multiple devices by sending them a message, syncing and updating Focus app

• A device can belong to more than one Device Group

Steps:

1. Visit FocusMDM Dashboard https://focus.dimagi.com/a/devices/groups

2. Click “+NEW GROUP” to create a new group

Actions on Device Groups

From the green "ACTIONS" button, it lists options for performing useful bulk device management.

Steps:

1. Select either a Device Group (by clicking on the name of the Group) or a single device (by clicking on the gray circle of the device)

2. Then select an action and this will be performed on the selected devices

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Actions

Send Message

Communicate with all devices in a group by sending a push notification to all these devices

Create Rule

Read more about rules

Update App

Read more about forcing an update to the FocusMDM app on a group of devices

Sync Devices

Force a sync on all devices in group

Make Group

Add another group

Manage Groups

The selected devices will be moved into the groups you select

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Delete Apps

• Selected apps that will be deleted from selected devices.

• Selected apps will be removed only from devices enrolled in DO mode

Copy Group enroll link to Clipboard

This feature can be used when wanting to share an Enroll Link with a user and you want them to go into this Group. Similar to using the Enroll feature with a link