Amaris Consulting, Part of Mantu
Change MDM without
wiping a single Mac.
Moving a fleet between MDMs used to mean re-enrolling every device by hand. Apple shipped a no-wipe migration path in the iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 generation, and a multi-week re-enrollment project becomes a scheduled cutover. We plan and run that cutover: policies rebuilt in the new platform, apps re-delivered, users left logged in.
Applies to org-owned devices enrolled through Automated Device Enrollment on 26 or later, vendor-to-vendor only, and configurations do not carry across on their own. Sources are listed on the comparison page.
How we are usually engaged
- Fleet cost model2–3 weeks
Your device mix, refresh cycle and support load priced against sourced benchmarks.
- MDM selection and migration6–12 weeks
Vendor shortlist, licence-tier modelling, then the cutover itself.
- Zero-touch deployment build4–8 weeks
ADE, declarative configuration and app delivery, handed over documented.
Durations are typical ranges for a 200–2,000 device fleet, not a quote.
01 · The evidence base
Every number on this site names where it came from.
Nothing here is a range someone remembered. The pricing is vendor list pricing with a date, the ROI is the published Forrester study, and the certifications are on a public register you can read without asking us.
6
MDM platforms modelled
Including Apple's free built-in management
21
Licence tiers priced
Vendor list pricing, dated in the tool
186%
Forrester TEI three-year ROI
Apple-commissioned, composite organisation
6
Certifications held
On Mantu's public register, listed below
02 · What we actually do
Five things, done end to end.
Not a capability matrix. These are the five engagements the Apple practice is repeatedly asked for, and the people who scope them are the people who run them.
- MDM migrationVendor-to-vendor cutover on Apple's no-wipe path where the fleet is eligible, and a staged re-enrollment plan where it is not.
- Zero-touch deploymentAutomated Device Enrollment, declarative configuration and app delivery, built so a new starter's Mac is ready before they open it.
- Fleet cost modellingHardware, licences, support load and residual value across a real refresh cycle - the same engine that runs this site, pointed at your numbers.
- Compliance engineeringBaselines mapped to ISO 27001 controls, evidence you can hand an auditor, and the reporting that keeps it true next quarter.
- Run and transferWe operate the platform while your team learns it, then hand over the keys with the runbooks written. Not a second contract.
03 · Where engagements end
The recommendation is the easy part. We stay for the cutover.
An MDM decision is cheap to make and expensive to execute. The failure mode is a signed-off vendor choice and no one accountable for the 400 devices still on the old platform in month five.
Advice-only engagements
- Assess
- Recommend
- Hand over
- Leave
The deck lands, the senior names move to the next pitch, and delivery becomes your problem or a second contract.
Amaris
- Assess
- Recommend
- Build
- Run
- Transfer
The people who wrote the migration plan run the cutover, document what they built, and hand your team the keys. Transfer is a phase, not an upsell.
04 · Certifications
Six, and all of them on a public register.
Each one is listed on Mantu's published certification register or Amaris's own managed-services page. Certificate numbers and scopes are available on request - ask for them before you shortlist anyone, including us.
ISO 9001
Quality management systems, certified for Amaris Consulting.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Information security management systems, certified by LRQA.
TISAX
The automotive sector's information-security assessment exchange.
AS 9100
Quality management for aerospace and defence.
ISO 14001 · ISO 50001
Environmental management and energy management systems.
ISO 14064 · ISO 14067
Greenhouse gas reporting and product carbon footprint quantification.
05 · Where we have delivered
Sixteen sectors, and the two that shape the work.
Regulated industries set the constraints everyone else inherits: aerospace brought AS 9100, automotive brought TISAX, and both are why the deployment baselines start from an auditable position rather than a convenient one.
- Banking and financial services
- Government and public sector
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Retail and consumer goods
- Energy and utilities
- Transportation and logistics
- Education
- Telecommunications
- Insurance
- Aerospace and defence
- Media and entertainment
- Hospitality and tourism
- Non-profit organisations
- Agriculture
Talk to the practice
Thirty minutes, and you leave with
a number you can defend.
Not a discovery call that turns into four more. Bring your device counts and we will model them live against the same sourced benchmarks this site runs on.
Book the call(opens amaris.com in a new tab)Amaris Consulting, Part of Mantu, independent since 2007. Group scale figures - people, countries, clients - are published at amaris.com, not restated here.
What the call covers
- Your fleet size, refresh cycle and current MDM
- Whether the no-wipe migration path applies to it
- A cost range for the cutover, and what would make us the wrong call