MicroMDM

To quote our friends over at Iru (formerly Kandji): Activation Lock is a theft-deterrent feature found in iOS and iPadOS devices and modern Mac computers (with the Apple T2 Security chip and Apple silicon).

The MicroMDM project in its current form—what I refer to as MicroMDM “v1”—has effectively been in maintenance mode for years now.

SCEP has been a cornerstone of Apple MDM.

Amongst the many announcements at Apple’s WWDC21 was declarative management.

I’d like to introduce NanoMDM.

If you work with Apple in some capacity, you know that they’re not very likely to admit mistakes.

Here are some of my opinions about Mobile Device Management (MDM) related changes announced last week.

After announcing the kickoff of a big rewrite last week, I wasn’t sure how to actually get things going.

Apple MDM is over 10 years old today.

Earlier this year Apple updated the MDM Protocol Reference document to add a previously undocumented key to the AvailableOSUpdates command.

There’s an understandable sense of urgency in the MacAdmin community around MDM and Kernel extensions these days.

The Device Enrollment Program(DEP) allows enterprises to configure their Macs to auto-enroll into a Mobile Device Management(MDM) server of their choice.

Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM) requires the use of various digital certificates for its operation.

Getting started with MDM is hard enough, but the toughest part is not technical, it’s getting approval to create all the accounts with Apple in order to begin.

I first wrote about experimenting with MDM at the end of 2015.