[MacTUG] New Mac Server App

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

As word got around of the services that were being cut from Server.app I have been planning on avoiding it for as long as possible. While I have been working at moving away from imaging, I like having it as a “plan B”. HOWEVER (thanks to news shared by Lowell) it looks like the new version of Server.app offers some huge improvements,such as real improvements in being a viable MDM solution!

Profile Manager: Profile Manager (PM) has evolved into a full-fledged Mobile Device Management (MDM) server, capable of supporting hundreds of mobile and non-mobile devices while managing systems from setup and configuration to application installation and securing devices using configuration policies. Additionally, it can interface with the low-level OS functions to reset lost passwords, locate lost devices, or enable specific modes not generally configurable through the native macOS environment.

Everyone, including even Apple people (off the record) have said that the Server.app is not an MDM (or DEP) solution that should be used in a larger environment. Perhaps this has changed now? I will bug Luis about it? It may not be enterprise grade but certainly sounds like may support a faculty (or admin support’s) grouping of macs.

don
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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
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From: Lowell Williamson <llwillia at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:llwillia at uwaterloo.ca>>
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 2:35 PM
To: Donald Duff-McCracken <dsmccrac at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:dsmccrac at uwaterloo.ca>>, Trevor Bain <trevor.bain at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:trevor.bain at uwaterloo.ca>>
Subject: New Mac Server


Check it out.



https://www.techrepublic.com/article/268017f8-b79c-451d-a692-b3e30cc5159d/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c003e4b04d301015b7940e3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
[https://tr3.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2018/09/16/f33cf1f2-987e-4ba1-97b9-1063598a5bff/thumbnail/770x578/717e60ea60faddcac9e8699eb84f3107/2018applemacosmojaveservercheatsheethero.jpg]<https://www.techrepublic.com/article/268017f8-b79c-451d-a692-b3e30cc5159d/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c003e4b04d301015b7940e3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter>

Apple macOS Server (2018): Cheat sheet - TechRepublic<https://www.techrepublic.com/article/268017f8-b79c-451d-a692-b3e30cc5159d/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c003e4b04d301015b7940e3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter>
www.techrepublic.com
Apple's latest macOS Server includes security and performance enhancements. It also brings radical changes that could negatively impact businesses relying on Apple's services for business continuity.



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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/about/people
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