Education IT teams are no longer managing one platform, one use case, or one kind of classroom device. A district might support iPads in elementary classrooms, macOS labs, Windows staff devices, shared carts, specialty Linux systems, and an increasing number of conversations around Android or lower-cost alternatives.

In this session, we’ll walk through a practical school IT scenario and show how to think about endpoint management as a repeatable playbook instead of a platform-by-platform scramble. We’ll cover how teams can prepare devices, deploy apps and settings, maintain visibility, respond to issues, and support mixed environments across macOS, iOS/iPadOS, Windows, and emerging Linux support. We’ll also discuss where Android could fit better in education, what would need to be true for it to succeed, and how IT teams can evaluate platforms without turning it into a religious war.

Attendees will leave with a practical framework for managing diverse device fleets, plus examples of how FileWave can help bring those workflows together.