The Fundamentals: Get Started with Apple Device Management for New MacAdmins

Workshop from MacAdmins @ PSU 2026 by Jarrod Coombes, Adam Selby, Ross Matsuda, Jeremey Kenney

• Tuesday, July 7 09:00AM - 04:30PM - Room 206
• Session Info: https://sched.co/2CY60
• Feedback: https://bit.ly/psumac26-1167954

Shared Community notes: Google Doc

Slides: PDF Export

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Apple Administration Fundamentals

Welcome to the MacAdmins Community

• MacAdmins Slack
• #psumac General conference channel
• #psumac-206 Channel for this room

Apple’s platform-agnostic Tools

• Apple Business Manager (ABM)
• Apple School Manager (ASM)
• eCommerce
• APNs: Apple Push Notfication service
• Apple Push Certificates Portal
• Apps and Books
• Apple Partner (Apple Consultants Network)
• Apple Beta Program (AppleSeed for IT)
• Apple Certifications
  • Apple Certified IT Professional
  • Apple Certified Support Professional

Resources for Supporting Apple Platforms

• Apple Platform Deployment Guide
• Apple Deployment Guide for Education
• What's new for enterprise in macOS Tahoe 26
• Use Apple products on enterprise networks
• Apple security releases
• Simple Organized Feed for Apple software updates
• Feedback Assistant
  • feedbackassistant.apple.com
  • Feedback Assistant.app
  • applefeedback://
• Developer App

macOS + MDM Fundamentals

What are “Device Management Services”

• MDM, Mobile Device Management
• DDM, Declarative Device Management
• Migrating between device management services a feature in Apple Business or Apple School Manager

What is Apple Business Manager?

• Automated Device Enrollment
• Profile-based Device Enrollment
• Account-driven Device Enrollment
• Account-driven User Enrollment

What is supervision?

• Device management restrictions for supervised Apple devices

Apple School Manager?

• Classroom for teachers
• Schoolwork for students

What is configurable?

• Review device management payloads for Apple devices
• Review device management restrictions for Apple devices

Core Tools & Operational Workflows

• iMazing Profile Editor
• PPPC Utility
• NIST macOS Security
• Apple's mSCP Documentation
• Jamf Compliance Editor
• swiftDialog
• Outset
• Support App
• BBEdit
• CodeRunner
• AutoPkg
• AutoPkgr
• Jamf Composer
• S.U.P.E.R.
• Nudge
• EraseInstall
• Mist
• Apparency
• Suspicious Package
• Pique
• Jamf Sync
• Jamf’s the MUT

Recommended Sessions

There are a lot of sessions this week, and we have a few that we'd recommend you check out if you're new.

Robert Hammen’s macOS 27: What You Need To Know

Wednesday July 8 from 10:45am - 12:00pm in Deans Hall 2

Katie Due’s Managing the Unmanageable: Rolling out Managed Apple Accounts

Thursday July 9 from 9:00am - 9:45am in Deans Hall 1

Tim Perfitt’s The Journey of Apple Issue Escalation

Thursday July 9 from 1:15pm - 2:15pm in Room 208

Buraq Alsmadi’s The Mac Admin Playbook – From First Device to Full Estate

Thursday July 9 from 11:15am - 12:00pm in Dean’s Hall 1