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Offboard a Mac Computer Using Jamf Pro and Apple Business Manager

This guide outlines the steps to properly offboard a Mac computer from Jamf Pro when an organization sells or transfers ownership of a device to a staff member. It is essential to ensure that the Mac computer...

Monday, February 24, 2025

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How to Configure Jamf Pro SMTP with Google Authentication

Configure Jamf Pro to use Google Authentication for SMTP enhances security, ensures compliance, and simplifies management, all while aligning with Google’s modern authentication framework. It also future-proofs...

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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How to Configure Jamf Pro SMTP to Use the Microsoft Graph API

Configuring Jamf Pro to use the Microsoft Graph API for SMTP enhances security, ensures compliance, and simplifies management, all while aligning with Microsoft’s modern authentication framework. It...

Monday, January 13, 2025

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Retrieve AppleCare Expiration for Mac Computers Using Jamf Pro

This guide provides a practical solution by demonstrating how to utilize Jamf Pro’s API roles, scripts, and policies to collect and store warranty data for reporting purposes. With the use of API roles,...

Thursday, January 9, 2025

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How to Deploy and Configure Jamf Setup Manager

Jamf Setup Manager builds upon the robust feature sets of Baseline and DEP Notify utilities, providing a pivotal solution for IT departments and provisioning depots. Its primary purpose is to ensure that...

Monday, October 28, 2024

macOS Jamf

Configure Software Update Settings for macOS in Jamf Pro

Ensuring timely software updates is essential for maintaining the security and integrity of Apple devices. Regular updates not only keep your environment secure but also enable users to access the latest...

Monday, October 28, 2024

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How to Configure Baseline for Jamf Pro

Baseline is an MDM agnostic deployment solution for macOS that leverages swiftDialog, Installomator, and your original code to provide a zero or light touch deployment solution for Mac computers. It can...

Saturday, May 18, 2024

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How to Deploy Printers with Jamf Pro

Jamf will remove Jamf Admin in an upcoming release of Jamf Pro. Since one of the workflow that Jamf Admin provides is printer creation, an altenative way of printer creation is provided in this guide....

Monday, March 4, 2024

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Update macOS Sonoma Using Managed Software Updates in Jamf Pro

You can use the managed software updates feature of Jamf Pro to update the macOS of Mac computers belonging to smart or static group membership lists, eliminating the need for inventory searches and reducing...

Friday, February 9, 2024

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Restore a Deleted Configuration Profile in Jamf Pro

The Jamf Pro user interface contains a lesser known ability to restore deleted objects, such as Configuration Profiles. Deleted objects with an object name that is able to be selected and clicked, can...

Friday, January 12, 2024

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Create a Jamf Smart Group for the Current Version of macOS

Smart Computer Groups are a good way of filtering your devices with specific attributes. Combine this with Patch managment and you will be able to view devices that are in compliance with your company...

Friday, December 22, 2023

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How to Configure Sonoma Blocker with Jamf Pro

Sonoma Blocker is a binary that listens for the macOS Sonoma installer application process and terminates the process which stops macOS Sonoma from being installed on a Mac Computer. Sonoma Blocker will...

Friday, November 3, 2023

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Jamf Pro: Configure SMTP Server Integration with Microsoft 365 Per App Password

An app password is a long, randomly generated password that you provide only once instead of your regular password when signing in to an app or device that doesn't support two-step verification. You only...

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

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How to Upgrade macOS Using erase-install and Jamf Pro

erase-install is a script to reinstall macOS directly from the system volume using startosinstall, a resource binary which has been built into macOS installer applications since version 10.12.4. The --eraseinstall...

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

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How to Configure Account Driven Enrollment and Enroll a Personal Device in Jamf Pro

Account-driven User Enrollment is designed for organizations that need personal devices enrolled into Mobile Device Management. This method of enrollment supports Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) scenarios,...

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

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How to Configure Escrow Buddy to Escrow a FileVault Personal Recovery Key (PRK) in Jamf Pro

Escrow Buddy was created to escrow FileVault personal recovery key (PRK) to an MDM server. Escrow Buddy’s authorization plugin includes a mechanism that, when added to the macOS login authorization database,...

Friday, July 21, 2023

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Use Jamf Pro to Deploy iOS App to Mac with Apple Silicon

You can deploy iOS apps to Silicon Macs right from your Jamf cloud as long as the iOS developer allows this for their app. Not all Developers allow the deployment to Mac due to how the app will perform...

Friday, June 23, 2023

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How to Configure Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) in Jamf Pro

Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) was originally a Microsoft solution designed to provide a secure way to manage local administrator account passwords on Windows computers. LAPS is a security...

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

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How to Install SentinelOne with Jamf Pro

SentinelOne protects your computer and data with anti-malware and anti-exploit protection. The SentinelOne agent continually receives intelligence updates from SentinelOne servers. This guide will show...

Thursday, April 13, 2023

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How to Configure Jamf Connect with Google Cloud Identity

The purpose of this guide is to provide a workflow for Mac administrators to deploy Jamf Connect using Google Cloud Identity as the Identity Provider (IdP). This guide will cover a myriad of topics such...

Friday, December 2, 2022

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Manage Background Tasks with Jamf Pro

Launch daemons, launch agents, and startup items are helper executables that macOS starts on behalf of the user that extend the capabilities of apps or provide additional capabilities to users. For example,...

Monday, October 24, 2022

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How to Configure Jamf Connect with Okta

The purpose of this guide is to provide a workflow for Mac administrators to deploy Jamf Connect using Okta as the Identity Provider (IdP). This guide will cover a myriad of topics such as installing,...

Thursday, September 22, 2022

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How to Install TeamViewer Host with Jamf Pro

With TeamViewer Host, admins can gain remote access to Macs, securely to aid users. But installing TeamViewer Host on your Macs, one by one can be an arduous and tedious process. This step-by-step guide...

Monday, July 18, 2022

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How to Auto Configure Microsoft 365 Mail Account with Jamf Pro

The purpose of this guide is to automatically configure a Mac Computer and iOS device with Office 365 mail settings. This will allow a user to provide only their password when configuring their mail application...

Friday, May 27, 2022

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How to Deploy Cisco AnyConnect with Jamf Pro

The purpose of this guide is to configure all the required items for a silent installation of Cisco AnyConnect using Jamf Pro.  A custom installer package and configuration profile will be used to...

Friday, May 20, 2022

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How to Deploy ESET with JAMF Pro

ESET provides comprehensive security for your computers and devices. It helps protect against known malware, phishing scams, ransomware, and other online threats. ESET antivirus provides excellent protection...

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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How to Integrate TeamViewer into Jamf Pro

TeamViewer is a quick and secure way for getting access to computers and networks remotely. By Integrating Jamf Pro with TeamViewer, It will allow you to establish a friendly remote session with the end-user. ...

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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How to Configure Jamf Connect with Microsoft Azure

The purpose of this document is to supply guidance and best practice solutions to configure Jamf Connect with Microsoft Azure. Before you begin this guide, you will need to have the latest version of Jamf...

Monday, July 19, 2021

macOS Jamf

Upgrade to macOS Big Sur using Self Service with Jamf Pro

The purpose of this document is to supply guidance and best practice solutions to facilitate the successful in-place upgrade of Mac computers to macOS Big Sur. This workflow is for organizations that have...

Friday, July 9, 2021

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Deploying Splashtop Streamer with Jamf Pro

This guide is for Jamf admins who are looking to deploy Splashtop streamer to Macs. will take you through the steps of deploying and configuring the Splashtop Streamer on macOS with Jamf Pro.   Download...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021