1. Ashburton District Council
Enabling modern, mobile workplace
Municipality uses online management to deploy devices for mobile workers
Results
Wanted a modern, mobile computing platform for employees who provide frontline services.
Subscribed to the Windows Intune PC and device management service
Managed corporate data and smartphones for mobile workers
Self-service portal for frontline workers
Enabled mobile productivity
Enhanced security
Streamlined management tasks
Transform
Customer: Ashburton District Council
Partner: n/a
City: Ashburton District, New Zealand
Organization Profile
Approximately 80 kilometers south of Christchurch, New Zealand, Ashburton District is governed by a 12-member council and mayor.
Summary
Ashburton District Council wanted a modern, mobile computing platform for employees who provide frontline services. Before it deployed smartphones to mobile workers, the council subscribed to the Windows Intune PC and device management solution to manage these devices and corporate data. With Windows Intune, the IT staff can offer an enterprise, highly secure, self-service portal for frontline workers to download productivity-enhancing apps.
Technology:
Windows Intune
Active Directory Domain Services
Windows Phone 8
Microsoft System Center 2012
“With the mobile device management capabilities of Windows Intune, we can provide field staff, who perform critical services, with smartphones now, and tablets in the future, boosting productivity.”
— Gordon Tupper, Information Systems Manager, Ashburton District Council