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Deploying and managing Helperbird across an organization.

Schools & IT guides

Admin Dashboard

What each panel on the Helperbird admin dashboard counts, where the numbers come from, and what the dashboard deliber...

Pro Unlimited Usage Dashboard

How to get your Helperbird usage dashboard. Which plan includes it, how to request your link from support, how to ope...

Data Hosting

Learn where Helperbird stores data and how it handles student information. All user settings and preferences are stor...

Deploy Helperbird for Schools and Businesses

What a Helperbird rollout for one school or business is made of, what you need first, and the order to push the insta...

District-Wide Deployment

One subscription key covers a whole district. How to structure organizational units, cover a mixed fleet of Chromeboo...

Domains to Whitelist

A quick reference for IT admins showing which domains need to be whitelisted for Helperbird to work in your school or...

Force Install Helperbird

Install Helperbird for everyone you manage. The extension ID for each browser, the tool to set it up in, and why forc...

Allowlist Helperbird

If your organization blocks all browser extensions, learn how to allow (or force-install) Helperbird as an exception ...

Deploy on Microsoft Edge

Force-install Helperbird in Microsoft Edge and push your enterprise subscription key across your organization using M...

Deploy on Mozilla Firefox

Force-install Helperbird in Firefox and push your enterprise subscription key across your organization using a Firefo...

Deploy with Jamf Pro

Force-install Helperbird in Google Chrome on managed Macs and push your enterprise subscription key using a Jamf Pro ...

Deploy with Microsoft Intune

Deploy Helperbird with Microsoft Intune. Force-install the extension and push your enterprise subscription key to Edg...

Deploy with Windows Group Policy

Force-install Helperbird in Google Chrome and push your enterprise subscription key on domain-joined Windows PCs usin...

Force Pin Helperbird Extension

Pinning is not a separate Helperbird setting. It comes with one installation policy value, and there is another answe...

Install Helperbird Through G Suite

Add Helperbird to an organizational unit in the Google Admin console, force install it for everyone in that unit, the...

Install Helperbird for Specific Users

Give Helperbird to some of your users and not others. Pick between force install and allow install, then scope the po...

Managed Keys

Every managed storage key Helperbird reads, what each one does, the JSON to paste into the Google Admin console, and ...

Disable Helperbird Features with JSON Policy

Hide individual Helperbird features from your users with a managed JSON policy, with the policy code for every featur...

Disable Helperbird on Specific Websites

Stop Helperbird loading on named websites across your organization with a managed JSON policy, using the excluded dom...

Floating Button

Learn how to enable a floating Helperbird button on every page using managed JSON policy.

Microsoft 365 SSO

Learn how to set up Helperbird with Microsoft 365 SSO.

PHIPA & MFIPPA Compliance

Learn how Helperbird complies with PHIPA and MFIPPA privacy requirements for Ontario school boards and public sector ...

Provisioning & Rostering

Learn how to deploy and provision Helperbird across your school or district using Google Admin, Microsoft Intune, SDS...

Remove Helperbird for Everyone

Remove Helperbird from every managed device in Google Workspace, and what happens to the settings your users have saved.

Set Helperbird JSON Policy in Google Admin

Push Helperbird's JSON policy to everyone by setting it on your top organizational unit in Google Admin, and see how ...

Set Helperbird JSON Policy for Individual User

Give one person the Helperbird policy in Google Admin without touching anyone else, check it reached only them, and t...

Set Helperbird JSON Policy for User Group

Target a Google group in the Admin console instead of an organizational unit, so a Helperbird policy reaches one team...

Set Up a Child OU for Helperbird

Create a child organizational unit in Google Admin, move users into it, and give that group its own Helperbird policy...

Setting Policies in Enterprise

Configure Helperbird policies on Windows, macOS and ChromeOS, and what each policy setting controls once it reaches a...

Unlimited License Management

Manage Helperbird Unlimited licenses for your organization Deploy, assign, and track accessibility tools across your...

Verify & Troubleshoot Deployment

Confirm Helperbird force-installed correctly and your subscription key applied across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, and ...

Why Helperbird Is Greyed Out on iPad

Work out why the Safari extension toggle is greyed out on a Jamf-managed iPad, what your MDM can and cannot control o...

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