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Apple Support & Integration in a Higher Education Heterogeneous Environment

25 Jan

Posted at 21:51h in Administration, Automation, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Admin, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, Munki, Programming, Python by
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Overview Firmware Password Manager is a Python script to help MacAdmin programmatically manage the firmware passwords of their Mac systems. The firmware password is one of the three interlocking methods used to secure Mac systems. The other two are: using strong passwords (and password policy) on...

24 Jan

Posted at 15:40h in Administration, Automation, Charles, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Admin, JAMF Distribution Server, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, system administration by
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Overview If you are using Jamf Pro to manage your macOS client systems, the "default" option to upload, delete & modify properties of software installer packages & disk images, printer configurations, dock items, directory bindings, and scripts to your Jamf Pro infrastructure is using the native...

08 Jan

Posted at 22:09h in Administration, Apple, Automation, Bash, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Pro Server, Java, Mac, Management, Meeting, Programming, Security, system administration, Vunerability by
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January 15th, 2020 - University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting The University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting is held monthly at the Marriott Library on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 AM Mountain Time. Presentations cover Apple technology and integration in a heterogeneous university enterprise environment. This month's meeting will...

13 Dec

Posted at 21:36h in Administration, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Higher Education, Information Technology, Meeting by
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December 18th, 2019 - University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting Canceled The University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting is held monthly at the Marriott Library on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 AM Mountain Time. Presentations cover Apple technology and integration in a heterogeneous university enterprise environment. This month's meeting...

30 Nov

Posted at 14:00h in Administration, AppleScript, Bash, BBEdit, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Information Technology, Mac, Management, Objective-C, Perl, pyobjc, Python, Radmind, Scripts by
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Overview BBEdit is primarily designed for use by software & script developers, web designers, etc. It has native support for many programming languages and custom modules can be created by users to support any language. The application contains multi-file text searching capabilities including support for regular...

21 Nov

Posted at 05:36h in Apple, Duo Security, Safari, Two Factor Authentication (2FA) by
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Overview At the University of Utah, all employees required to use Duo two-factor authentication (2FA) when logging in to use certain online university applications and information technology systems. For example, how employees access Box, CIS, and Kronos, VPN, Citrix, and ePrescribe, etc. Two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of security...

12 Nov

Posted at 22:03h in Administration, Apple Push Notification Service, Apple School Manager, Configuration Profiles, Device Enrollment Program, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Hacking, Higher Education, Information Technology, Intrusion Detection, Mobile Device Management, Security, system administration, Volume Purchase Program by
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November 20th, 2019 - University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting The University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting is held monthly at the Marriott Library on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 AM Mountain Time. Presentations cover Apple technology and integration in a heterogeneous university enterprise environment. This month's meeting will...

01 Nov

Posted at 23:19h in Active Directory, Administration, Automation, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Nation User Conference, Jamf Pro Server, Linux, Mac, Management, Meeting by
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Overview I will be presenting at the upcoming 2019 Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) on "Building A Custom Set of Tools That Bridge the Support Gap to Jamf". This presentation will be covering our Apple infrastructure history, our road to Jamf Pro including integration, transition and...