What is Apple Business Manager?
Apple Business Manager, sometimes referred to as ABM, is a program that integrates with SimpleMDM to provide additional control over the enrollment of devices, the distribution of app and media...
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How To: SAML Authenticated Device Enrollments
In this article, we will discuss what an authenticated enrollment is, how to set up enrollment authentication within SimpleMDM, and different ways that it can be used within your device deployment...
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Explained: macOS Kernel and System Extensions
macOS and OS X versions have traditionally allowed the use of Kernel Extensions in order to enable applications to access OS-level functionalities on devices. This includes resources like memory, disk...
View ArticleNew MDM Features Coming in iOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey
This article continues to be updated as Apple releases additional information and further clarification of upcoming functionality. This week during the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple...
View ArticleWhat is Apple Declarative Device Management?
Essentially all Apple MDM services are built with Apple’s MDM protocol as the primary underlying mechanism. This protocol is what gives life to Apple device management. While many features have been...
View ArticleUsing MDM for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Compliance
As business operations increasingly rely on hosted data and software solutions, the importance of employee and customer data grows. This increased reliance is causing more and more companies to look to...
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Hosted Munki Integration
Munki traditionally requires additional cost and administrative effort to configure, maintain, and secure the Munki client software and a repository server. With the SimpleMDM Munki Integration, a...
View ArticleFleetsmith Replacement: How to Migrate to SimpleMDM
Fleetsmith recently announced that they have become part of Apple. This transition has resulted in core product features disappearing, causing frustration and uncertainty. Many users have reached out...
View ArticleNew MDM Features Coming in macOS 11 Big Sur & iOS 14
This article will be continually updated as Apple releases additional information and further clarification of upcoming functionality. The Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) started this week,...
View ArticleWhat are Managed Apple IDs?
Managed Apple IDs are a type of Apple ID that is available for use through Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. Managed Apple IDs are used to, amongst other things, allow devices to be...
View ArticleWhat is Apple’s “User Enrollment”?
At the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this year, Apple announced a new mode of device enrollment, entitled “User Enrollment”. This enrollment mode is available in iOS 13 and macOS 10.15...
View ArticleNew MDM Features Coming in iOS 13 & macOS Catalina 10.15
With the advent of the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple has made public the changes coming in both the latest release of iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 (named “Catalina”). As information is...
View ArticleNotarization and MDM
macOS 10.14.5 and later requires that “all new or updated kernel extensions and all software from developers new to distributing with Developer ID” as of April 7th, 2019 is notarized in order to run....
View ArticleA macOS MDM Primer. What’s Possible?
While Apple’s MDM protocol has supported iOS for some time, macOS support is slightly newer and offers a modified set of functionality. This article is intended to provide a general overview of some of...
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How to Enroll an Apple TV in MDM – 4 Methods
The integration of Apple TVs into non-consumer environments has grown considerably in recent years, serving varying roles across many industries. Common use-cases include conference room displays,...
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Customer Spotlight: XING’s Move To SimpleMDM
The goal of our Customer Spotlight series is to share the unique strategies our customers are using for their Mac deployments and to provide insight into the different ways that Mac Admins are solving...
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Customer Spotlight: How Unbounce, Inc. Onboards Their macOS Fleet
This is the second article in our Customer Spotlight series on macOS. The goal of this series is to take a closer look at the unique strategies some of our customers are using for their Mac...
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Customer Spotlight: Tom Bridge’s macOS Deployment Playbook
This is the first article in our Customer Spotlight series. The goal of this series is to take a closer look at the unique strategies that our customers are using for their deployments, and in doing...
View ArticleHow To Sign macOS PKGs for Deployment with MDM
We have written previously about how to distribute macOS PKGs with MDM. To review, Apple MDM has certain requirements for deploying macOS PKGs: The package is built as a product archive. The .PKG file...
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How To Use Custom Configuration Profiles With Custom Attributes
Configuration profiles are a primary building block of mobile device management. Taking the form of an XML property-list file, these profiles allow you to remotely apply profiles to devices that can be...
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