Apple School Manager or Device Enrollment Program will ask you to approve new terms and conditions Following the September 15th Apple Event, Apple has announced there will be new terms and conditions … Read More
Microsoft ending support for Office 2016 for Mac
Introduction Last year Microsoft announced the end of support for Office 2016 for Mac in October 2020 (End of support for Office 2016 for Mac). This includes: All software updates … Read More
dataJAR Tech Series: Mac security tools for modern management
In partnership with Jamf, dataJAR hosted a Tech Series event focusing on Mac security tools and strategies for Apple administrators. The event combined presentations and open discussion on the topic. … Read More
WWDC 2020 – What is new in Apple device management?
Introduction It has been a few months since Apple unveiled their new operating systems at WWDC 2020. This blog provides an advanced overview of the best upcoming features for managing … Read More
Considerations when using the Adobe Suite remotely in educational institutions
Introduction As of July 6, 2020 the grace access Adobe granted to educational institutions with Shared Device Licensing (SDL) came to a close. This access allowed students to log into … Read More
Methods to perform an erase and install on macOS
Introduction There are many reasons you may wish to wipe and reinstall macOS on a device (sometimes known as a ‘nuke and pave’). Perhaps you are wiping the device to … Read More
Adobe deprecating the use of SHA-1 and SHA-256 Pilot certificates with Identity Providers (IdPs)
Introduction Adobe has updated their user identity setup knowledge base article to announce IdP integrations configured with SHA-1 or SHA-256 Pilot certificates are deprecated, and support will be removed from … Read More
Announcing Notifier
Recently, the team has been busy making significant improvements to the way user notifications are handled within our Auto-Update framework, adding persistent notification functionality when a logout is required. These … Read More
Leveraging CIS benchmarking on the Mac with Jamf Protect
Every organisation has valuable data residing on their corporate devices, whether it is intellectual property, customer or student data, regulated or even classified data they need to protect. A potential … Read More
The guide to mobile device management – and why it is the future for Apple.
Apple’s increased commitment to mobile device management (MDM) is becoming more evident with every new release of its operating systems. With an ever-expanding set of management features that continue to … Read More
