Shared iPad
A shared iPad lets a team pass one device around and have each person sign in as themselves. Someone walks up, taps their badge, and your apps — Teams, Outlook, and anything you put on the home screen — open as them. When they finish, the iPad signs out and is ready for the next person.
These pages take you from a blank, enrolled iPad to that experience. You don’t need to know what MSAL, Entra, or a property list is before you start. Each page tells you exactly what to paste and what to change.
What you’ll set up
- The shared device — install IDmelon Authenticator and turn the iPad into a shared device. People sign in by tapping a badge over the IDmelon Hub by default; face on the camera is an option.
- Microsoft sign-in — the default. Connect it so Teams, Outlook, and other Microsoft apps open without a second login. Skip it if your team doesn’t use Microsoft apps.
- A check — confirm a real sign-in works before you hand out devices.
What you need
- iPads on iPadOS 17 or later, already enrolled in Microsoft Intune (supervised recommended).
- IDmelon Authenticator in your Intune app catalog.
- A Shared Mobile API key from the IDmelon Admin Panel. This one key is what turns the app into a shared device.
- For Microsoft sign-in: access to Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Authenticator in your catalog.
If you don’t hold all of these logins yourself, each page notes who to ask.
Where you’ll work
- IDmelon Admin Panel — create the API key.
- Microsoft Intune — install the app and push its settings.
- Microsoft Entra — for the Microsoft sign-in steps.
Follow these pages in order
- Set up a shared iPad — get one iPad working end to end, including Microsoft sign-in.
- User Experience — the end-user experience, so you can spot a healthy device at a glance.
The other pages under Shared iPad — settings, login methods, customization, and fixes — are there when a step points you to them.