Managing Apple Devices in the Enterprise

Strategies and Concepts for Managing Apple Devices at Scale
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 979-8-8688-3266-6
Verlag: APRESS L.P.

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Apple devices are increasing in popularity within the Enterprise market, but information on the concepts of device management has been either scarce or scattered between personal blogs, Apple KB pages, vendor training courses and community interaction. This book is a guide on Apple management first principles through to leaving you ready to start managing devices.

We will take you through the process of setting up and registering your organization with Apple Business (or educational establishment with Apple School Manager). From there, we will show good practices for dealing with device updates and how Apple differs from the rest of the device vendors. There will be advice for choosing management systems, the use of managed apple accounts, software delivery and device configuration.

will be your guide as you learn how to integrate your business with Apple portals and retailers, learning the fundamentals of setting up management controls and the technologies used to make it work.

You Will:

• Set up the management backend and learn the fundamental concepts behind Apple device management
• Discover the fundamental concepts on management technologies
• Learn from advice given by two experienced practitioners in the Apple device management community
• Use this as a stepping stone to improving your own knowledge and skills

Who This Book is for

Systems or Desktop administrators in education or enterprise, who are new to the Apple ecosystem and looking to obtain a basic understanding of the concepts and methodologies in managing Apple devices

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jerome, Matt

Purves, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Macintosh Programmierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme Mac OS, Mac OS X
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Handheld Programmierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Apple Ecosystem.- Chapter 2: Device Preparation.- Chapter 3: Device Management.- Chapter 4: Device Off-boarding.- Chapter 5: Resources.- Chapter 6: Glossary of Terms.

Über Autor(innen)

Matt Jerome has been deeply involved in the Apple ecosystem since 2012. His career spans various types of institutions including higher education, large corporations, and managed service providers. Over his career, he has written a variety of macOS support tools and has appeared as a featured speaker at Mac Admin meetups as well as on various podcasts, webinars and the Jamf Nation User Conference.

Richard Purves got his start in the Apple world back in 2007. From that start in the London-based publishing world, his experience has moved to education, finance and eventually retail operations. During this process, he moved from his native United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and finally the USA. He has spoken at a number of Apple conferences (MacAdUK, PSU Mac and JNUC) and the Mac Admins podcast. A lot of his scripts are available on his GitHub and have been used by many admins and companies.