Chromebook Enterprise/Education Enrollment
Chromebook Enterprise and Education enrollment allows organizations to efficiently enroll and manage Chromebooks by assigning them to a designated organization.
With Google Enterprise Enrollment, IT administrators can streamline device management by enrolling Chromebooks in Mobile Device Management Plus. Mobile Device Manager Plus simplifies Chrome OS enrollment through a few straightforward steps. This guide provides an overview of how MDM supports enterprise Chromebook enrollment.
Note: Mobile Device Management Plus supports both Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education.
Benefits
- Efficient Deployment: Streamline the deployment process by enrolling devices in bulk.
- Simplified Provisioning: Manage Chromebooks easily with predefined policies and configurations.
- Out-of-the-Box Enrollment: Enable automatic enrollment right from the initial setup.
- Mandatory MDM Management: Ensure that all devices remain managed by MDM for enhanced security and compliance.
Pre-Requisites
- Ensure Chrome is integrated with MDM. For detailed information, refer to our guide on Chrome integration with MDM using G Suite.
- Acquire the Enterprise or Education license from Google. For detailed information, visit the Chrome Enterprise and Education help guide.
- Chromebook Enterprise Enrollment or Google Enterprise Enrollment can only be initiated if there are no users assigned to the device.
- Complete the enrollment before assigning the device to the user, or perform a factory reset if the device has already been used. For detailed instructions, refer to the Wipe ChromeOS device data document.
How to enroll Chromebooks with MDM?
To enroll the Chromebooks in your enterprise with MDM, follow the steps given below:
- Switch on the Chromebook to be enrolled. When prompted to sign in, press the key combination Ctrl+Alt+E to access the enrollment screen.
- Enter your G Suite admin account credentials or the G Suite account of a user provisioned with Enrollment permissions.
- Click on Enroll Device. The device will be added to the Google portal and automatically synced with MDM.
- To perform a manual sync, navigate to the Enrollment section in the ME MDM console and select Chromebook Enrollment.
- You can either assign users on a device-to-device basis by clicking on the Assign User option present against the device or choose to enroll them in bulk by uploading a CSV. Additionally you can also add these devices to multiple groups for automating the distribution of apps, profiles and documents to devices once you enroll Chromebooks into MDM.
If you face issues while enrolling a Chromebook, refer to these troubleshooting tips and try enrolling again.
Note: You can enforce mandatory Chromebook enterprise enrollment with MDM, even after the device is wiped, by enabling the Forced Re-enrollment restriction.
Sample CSV Format
- The fields Serial Number, User Name, Email Address and Group Name are mandatory. All the other fields are optional. Ensure the specified group name is already created in the MDM server. If values are not provided, default values will be taken.
- The default values for various non-mandatory fields are:
Domain Name -- MDM
Owned By -- Corporate - Devices can be added to multiple groups upon enrollment. If multiple groups are specified, the group names must be separated with a slash (/)
- The first line of the CSV is the column header and the columns can be in any order.
- Blank column values should be comma separated.
- If the column value contains comma, it should be specified within quotes.
For more insight, visit Manage ChromeOS devices with EMM console Help Guide.