Can Office363 Mdm Manual For Mac Os And Ios Devices

Jul 22, 2019  The MDM protocol provides informational data about devices such as battery level, current OS version, and whether a device is supervised or not. Starting with iOS 13 and macOS 10.15, two new keys are returned: The secure boot level and the external boot level. Additionally, the device will state whether remote desktop is enabled. MacOS Activation Lock. Sep 27, 2015  Mobile Device Management (MDM) is an industry term for the administration of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers. Mac Desktop Service uses a commercial MDM system to provide the Mac Self-Service. In addition, the MDM enables the Managed iOS scenario, within which local administrators can manage iOS devices (i.e. IPads or iPhones) in.

Apple held their “What's New in Device Configuration, Deployment, and Management” WWDC session yesterday to highlight the upcoming mobile device management (MDM) features with iOS 11, tvOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. There’s some great new features on the way, and Jamf is committed to supporting these features once they are available in the fall.

Device Enrollment Program (DEP)
The big news for DEP this year is a new way for organizations to manually add devices to their DEP portal. Organizations can now add iOS and Apple TV devices that were purchased outside of the traditional DEP-supported channels. This can help schools who receive donated devices, or businesses who purchased devices through a non-DEP source. IT admins simply need to plug those devices into Apple Configurator 2.5 (currently in beta) and those serial numbers will be added to the organizations’s DEP portal. This means you can now erase the device and the next time the device turns on, it will go through the DEP steps during setup. Note: there is a 30-day provisional timeframe where an end user can still remove the device from DEP to prevent accidental enrollment. This will make IT admins lives much simpler and increase adoption to DEP.

Apple School Manager
The portal for schools managing people, devices and content was updated with a new streamlined user interface, and added support to PowerSchool for SIS integration. Apple is continuing to improve the experience for schools by directly integrating the Volume Purchase Program (VPP) into the Apple School Manager portal. VPP in Apple School Manager is also improving how multiple content managers can purchase apps and manage tokens by introducing license and location transfer.

macOS High Sierra
Mac management is becoming even more powerful with new features coming to High Sierra. New MDM configurations will include: 802.1X ethernet configuration, management of firmware passwords, user account management, FileVault key escrow, restrict iCloud desktop and documents, and finally the ability to delay software updates for up to 90 days so IT can test new software before deploying. New MDM commands to shutdown or restart macOS will also become available. All this will equate to a better management experience when High Sierra ships this fall.

APFS
Underneath macOS High Sierra is a brand new file system, known as Apple File System (APFS). This replaces the decades-old current file system. APFS will improve the speed and performance of macOS while introducing new features for developers, like snapshots. APFS will keep support for existing FileVault models, while providing a converter for existing encrypted drives. Passwords and recovery keys are preserved and encrypted. APFS will ship as the default file system in macOS High Sierra starting this fall.

iOS 11
Tethered caching is a new feature that will enable IT admins to leverage a Mac to help prepare a large number of devices by caching data and reducing network traffic. New configuration payloads and options for iOS 11 include: AirPrint restrictions, prevent system app removal, prevent VPN creation, allow automatic joining of classes in Classroom, and a new DNS proxy configuration payload. These new MDM features will be available with iOS 11 in the fall.

Apple TV and tvOS 11
MDM for Apple TV was added this spring with tvOS 10.2 and Jamf has already introduced these features with Jamf Pro 9.98. New to tvOS this year will be the ability to customize enterprise apps by applying a managed app configuration. Managed app configurations can be found at AppConfig.org. In addition, IT admins can also specify the Home screen layout, hide apps, configure AirPlay security and prevent modifying device name. tvOS 11 will be available this fall.

Can Office363 Mdm Manual For Mac Os And Ios Devices

Challenge accepted, Apple
During the session, Apple issued a challenge to MDM providers to help make IT’s life easier. Well, challenge accepted. Meeting the needs of each IT department and individual user is why we built Jamf in the first place. We will continue to focus on improving our products and solutions to help organizations succeed with Apple.

How are we doing this, you ask? See what we are working on.

Can Office 365 Mdm Manual For Mac Os And Ios Devices 7

-->Can Office363 Mdm Manual For Mac Os And Ios Devices

This app type makes it easy for you to assign Office 365 2016 apps to macOS devices. By using this app type, you can install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. To help keep the apps more secure and up to date, the apps come with Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU). The apps that you want are displayed as one app in the list of apps in the Intune console.

Before you start

Before you begin adding Office 365 to macOS devices, understand the following details:

Can Office 365 Mdm Manual For Mac Os And Ios Devices Download

  • Devices to which you deploy these apps must be running macOS 10.10 or later.
  • Intune supports adding the Office apps that are included with Office 2016 for Mac suite only.
  • If any Office apps are open when Intune installs the app suite, users might lose data from unsaved files.

Create and configure the app suite

Add Office 365 from the Apps pane.

  1. Sign in to Intune.
  2. In the Intune pane, select Client apps.
  3. In the Client apps workload pane, under Manage, select Apps.
  4. Select Add.
  5. In the App type list, in the Office 365 Suite group, select macOS.
  6. To get information about the app suite, select App Suite Information.
    This information helps you to identify the app suite in Intune, and it helps users to find the app suite in the company portal.
  7. Enter the following information:
    • Suite Name: Enter the name of the app suite as it is displayed in the company portal. Make sure that all suite names that you use are unique. If the same app suite name exists twice, only one of the apps is displayed to users in the company portal.
    • Suite Description: Enter a description for the app suite.
    • Publisher: Microsoft appears as the publisher.
    • Category: Select one or more of the built-in app categories, or a category you created. This setting makes it easier for users to find the app suite when they browse the company portal.
    • Display this as a featured app in the Company Portal: Select this option to display the app suite prominently on the main page of the company portal when users browse for apps.
    • Information URL: Optionally, enter the URL of a website that contains information about this app. The URL is displayed to users in the company portal.
    • Privacy URL: Optionally, enter the URL of a website that contains privacy information for this app. The URL is displayed to users in the company portal.
    • Developer: Microsoft appears as the developer.
    • Owner: Microsoft appears as the owner.
    • Notes: Optionally, enter any notes that you want to associate with this app.
    • Logo: The Office 365 logo is displayed with the app when users browse the company portal.
  8. Select OK.
  9. On the Add app pane, select Add.
    The suite appears in the list of apps as a single entry.

Configure app assignments

In this step, configure the assignments for the app suite.

  1. In the list of apps, select the Office 365 app suite to display the Office 365 overview pane.

  2. In the Office 365 pane, select Assignments.

  3. To add a group that will use the app suite, select Add group.
    The Add group pane is displayed.

  4. Set the Assignment type to Required or Available.

  5. Assign the suite to the groups that you select. For more information, see Assign apps to groups with Microsoft Intune.

    Note

    You cannot uninstall the Office 365 app suite through Intune.

  6. In the Assign pane, select OK.

  7. In the Add group pane, select OK.

  8. To commit your assignments, select Save.

Next steps

Can Office 365 Mdm Manual For Mac Os And Ios Devices 8

  • To learn about adding Office 365 apps to Windows 10 devices, see Assign Office 365 ProPlus 2016 apps to Windows 10 devices with Microsoft Intune.
  • To learn about including and excluding app assignments from groups of users, see Include and exclude app assignments.