tablets, and computers, you can set up different service combinations for each, customizing what each device accesses based on what you use it for. After all, why wade through emails, contacts, and appointments on every device you use if you don’t have to?
The corresponding iPad apps will then access your accounts’ enabled business services. Here’s how to move about those accounts in the iPad apps:
✔ Mail: In the Mailboxes list (tap Back in the upper left of the app window if you don’t see it), tap the account you want to see the email for. If you tap All Inboxes, you see all emails from all accounts, as long as those emails weren’t moved to folders. (You have to go to a specific account to see its folders.) You can change the order of accounts, as well as enable or disable special views such as Unread, by tapping Edit. Figure 2-3 shows the Mailboxes list being edited.
✔ Contacts: By default, all contacts display. Tap Groups at the upper left of the app window to get a list of accounts. If an account has a check mark next to it, it’s visible. Tap Done when done.
✔ Calendar: In the Calendar app, tap Calendars and then tap each account you want to be visible or invisible in your calendar view. If an account has a check mark next to it, it’s visible. Note that many accounts support multiple calendars each, and you can show or hide each individual calendar as desired here. Tap Done when done.
✔ Notes: By default, all notes display. Tap Accounts at the upper left of the app window to get a list of accounts and then tap the account you want to restrict the display to.
✔ Reminders: A list of accounts and its individual reminders lists appears in the left pane. Tap the account list you want to work with.
Figure 2-3: Top: You move among selected email accounts in the Mailboxes list in Mail. Bottom: You use the Show Calendars pop-over in Calendar to select which enabled accounts display.
Connecting to Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is how any iPad can connect to the world, or at least to a router that serves as the bridge to the Internet.
In terms of using Wi-Fi, the iPad works like any computer: You scan for available networks or enter a Wi-Fi network’s name (called an SSID) and then its password. You do this by using the following steps:
1. In Settings, tap Wi-Fi.
Wait a few seconds for the available networks to appear.
Tap the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to, as shown in Figure 2-4.
If Wi-Fi is disabled, turn it on by sliding the Wi-Fi switch there.
3. Enter the password and tap Join. After you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network, the iPad will automatically rejoin it when it detects that network in the future.
Figure 2-4: Each mail account can have several business services available for use on the iPad.
In corporate environments, you may also be asked to accept a digital certificate. Doing so saves a file on your iPad that is like a second password that fills itself in for you, giving your network administrator extra assurance that your device is authorized when it later reconnects, as well as a way to keep track of the different devices that have connected.
In some corporate environments, Wi-Fi routers will also ask for additional credentials, usually the username and password you use at the office to access email and so forth (often called ActiveSync or Exchange credentials). Fill in what’s required to get that access.
In hotels, airports, and cafes, connecting to Wi-Fi is just the first step to gaining access to the Internet. Usually, after a few seconds, a Safari browser window opens, requiring you to sign up for (usually paid) access or enter your account credentials for that network’s provider. Sometimes all you have to do is accept some terms and conditions and look at an ad to get Internet access.
After you’ve connected to a Wi-Fi network, the iPad automatically reconnects in the future when you get in range. But you still may need to go through a web sign-up form at a commercial establishment.
Chapter 3
Ensuring Your iPad’s Security
In This Chapter
▶ Separating personal and business info stored on the same iPad
▶ Managing device permissions for everyone in your business
▶ Securing your iPad’s connections with virtual private networks
▶ Applying best practices to your iPad security
Chances are that if you use an iPad for work, it’s one you bought and control, even if the company reimbursed you. Even if the company bought it, the iPad you use will all but certainly wind up containing personal information of yours in addition to business information.
That’s why you need to understand how that mix of personal and business use affects the information you work with, and how to protect both yourself and your business.
This chapter shows you how to keep your personal and business data separate on your iPad, how to manage your iPad's security through a variety of methods, and how to secure your Internet connections using a virtual private network (VPN). Finally, it surveys the best security practices that I recommend you adopt in using your iPad for work. Remember: When you use your iPad for work, you have more to protect than just your personal emails and photos.
Keeping Work and Personal Data Separate
Few employees worry about the commingling of their personal and work data, but IT departments do. That’s because many businesses need to monitor where company information goes, as well as what information flows through their networks, to comply with legal auditing requirements, investigate potential security breaches, and investigate other legal issues such as sexual harassment.
