Mobile Device Management — Control, Security, and Visibility Across Every Device
Mobile Device Management (MDM) is the software platform that enrolls, configures, secures, and manages enterprise mobile devices — enforcing security policies, deploying applications, enabling remote wipe, and providing the inventory and compliance visibility that IT requires over a distributed device fleet.
What RLM Delivers on Mobile Device Management
MDM is foundational infrastructure for enterprise mobility — without it, mobile devices are unmanaged endpoints that expose corporate data with no visibility or control. Modern Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platforms extend MDM to manage laptops, tablets, rugged devices, and IoT endpoints from a single console. RLM advises on MDM/UEM platform selection, migration, and the policy architecture that balances security with usability.
How We Approach Mobile Device Management
The Mobile Device Management dimensions that separate a deployment that pays back from one that quietly becomes shelfware.
MDM Environment Assessment
We assess your current MDM environment — enrollment coverage, policy configuration quality, application management practices, compliance posture, and the platform limitations that are driving evaluation of alternatives.
UEM Platform Evaluation
We evaluate UEM platforms — VMware Workspace ONE, Microsoft Intune, Jamf (Apple-focused), SOTI MobiControl, Ivanti — against your device mix (iOS, Android, Windows, rugged), integration requirements, and the administrative experience your IT team needs to operate effectively.
Policy Architecture Design
We design the MDM policy architecture — enrollment profiles, security policies by device ownership model (corporate vs. BYOD), application management configurations, and the compliance rules that trigger remediation actions on non-compliant devices.
Migration Planning
We design MDM platform migrations — parallel enrollment strategies, policy translation, application reconfiguration, and the user communication approach that minimizes migration friction for the device fleet.
Mobile Device Management Evaluation Criteria
The Mobile Device Management dimensions that separate a deployment that pays back from one that quietly becomes shelfware.
Platform vs. Best-of-Breed
Microsoft Intune is included in many Microsoft 365 licenses — making it a compelling default choice. Evaluate whether Intune's capabilities meet your requirements vs. purpose-built MDM platforms before defaulting to the included option.
BYOD Policy Depth
BYOD management requires containerization that separates work and personal data without requiring full device control. Evaluate Android Enterprise work profile and iOS managed app capabilities in candidate platforms.
Apple Business Manager Integration
Apple Business Manager (ABM) is essential for scalable iOS management. Evaluate MDM platform ABM integration — automated device enrollment, app volume purchasing, and the managed Apple ID strategy.
Conditional Access Integration
MDM compliance status should feed identity and access management — blocking non-compliant devices from accessing corporate applications. Evaluate MDM integration with your identity provider (Entra ID, Okta) for conditional access enforcement.
Platform Migration Risk
MDM migrations affect every managed device simultaneously. Evaluate migration approach — parallel enrollment vs. sequential migration — and the fallback plan if the migration encounters enrollment failures at scale.
"RLM helped us rationalize our mobile fleet across four carriers and cut our monthly spend by 31%. They handled the whole transition — we didn't lose a single device."
Every engagement is measured against the baseline we establish at the start — not against a vendor’s projection.
Where This Matters Most
Sector-specific considerations we see repeatedly in mobility engagements.
A Sample of the Mobility Providers We Evaluate
RLM is vendor neutral. These are among 600+ providers in our evaluation set — inclusion here is not an endorsement, and we are paid by the provider you choose, not by any provider in particular. How that works →
Ready to Move on Mobile Device Management?
Talk to an RLM advisor who specializes in enterprise mobility. Vendor-neutral guidance from assessment through deployment.