Performing Device Actions on Multiple Devices

About this task

Perform device actions on many devices simultaneously using the SOTI MobiControl web console.

While not all device types support all device actions, SOTI MobiControl notifies you of any restrictions or compatibility issues when executing the device action.

See Available Device Actions for a list of all device actions.

Procedure

  1. On the Devices view, choose which devices you want to perform the device action on.
    • Selecting devices in the Devices list: Select the check boxes beside the devices you want.
    • All device on the current page of the Devices list: Select the check box at the top of the device list, at the same level as the column headers.
    • All device on every page of the Devices list. Beside the check box at the top of the device list, open the dropdown list and choose Select devices on all pages. This option is available only after performing a search while setting the Devices list to View All Devices.
      Warning: Use this option with caution as it lets you to target many if not all your devices at once.
    • All devices within a device group: right-click on the device group and select Group Details to open its Group Information panel
    A Device Actions bar appears along the bottom of the console with the number of devices selected.
  2. Choose a device action to open its dialog box and configure it.
    Select to see all device actions.
  3. Run the device action.

Results

SOTI MobiControl sends the device actions to the selected devices.