Category: Jamf Pro
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JNUC 2022
JNUC (for those that may not know) is the Jamf Nation User Conference. It is Jamf’s annual event to showcase what is new for Apple MDM management and for other Jamf administrators to show how they are using Jamf in their unique environments. The Jamf Nation User Conference is not a sales expo or a…
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Jamf Pro Extension Attributes – Important Dates
With extension attributes in Jamf Pro, an administrator is able to collect extra information about a computer or device whenever inventory is collected. These extra bits of information can be used to generate reports or smart groups based on the values of these attributes. For computers, these attributes can be manually inputted with a text…
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Jamf Pro API – Initializing the Cloud Services Token
As I am continuing on my pursuit to use the Jamf Pro API as much as possible, I started creating scripts that would start to build out my Jamf Pro servers in a quicker, more efficient, and consistent way. I will post these mini scripts here as they come up and hopefully someone else will…
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Jamf Pro API – Creating Categories
As I am continuing on my pursuit to use the Jamf Pro API as much as possible, I started creating scripts that would start to build out my Jamf Pro servers in a quicker, more efficient, and consistent way. I will post these mini scripts here as they come up and hopefully someone else will…
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Deployment Rings….in Jamf Pro
If you have any experience as a Sys Admin and the image above gives you PTSD, don’t worry, me too! The implementation of deployment rings though is a great model to copy. Deployment Rings allow an administrator to separate computers into groups for the purpose of deploying software at different intervals in a deployment timeframe.…
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Jamf Pro – App Installers
“App Installers is part of Jamf Pro 10.37, saving Mac admins time and ensuring that end users have the most up-to-date versions of the apps they need.” – Jamf One of the most tedious parts of being a Jamf Admin, in my experience, was maintaining, packaging, and deploying patch updates for applications. This was especially…
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Server Series – Jamf Pro Server
Download Windows Server 2022 from: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/– Install Windows Server 2022* Windows Server 2019 System Requirements:Processor: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processorRAM: 512 MBDisk Space: 32 GBNetwork – Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapterOptical Storage – DVD drive (if installing the OS from DVD media)Video – Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution (optional)Input Devices – Keyboard and mouse (optional)Internet…
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Jamf Connect – Reporting the Login Window
Jamf Connect is an app that can help a Mac administrator bring directory based authentication to a mac without the need to bind the mac to an on-premises Active Directory by using a Cloud Identity Provider, such as Azure or Okta. Once Jamf Connect is implemented, users will use their directory credentials to authenticate to…
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Jamf Pro API – Manage macOS Software Updates
Using the Jamf Pro API to carry out management tasks can help to save time and effort by using a script to do those tasks. A script can also be re-used at any time that you would like to do the task again. In this example, we are going to show how we can send…
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Jamf Pro API – Get Bearer Token
The Jamf Pro API can be utilized to perform actions on your Jamf Pro server in mass without having to log into the GUI to get it done. These actions can be deleting objects in Jamf Pro, reading inventory information, updating policies, etc… The possibilities are endless. Each action performed with the Jamf Pro API…