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Macs® are more popular than ever with end users as Microsoft®’s hold on the desktop market declines. With the uptick in Mac usage, the challenge for IT organizations becomes how to properly manage them—both from a user and system … Continue reading IAM Capability: Mac® System Management
Identity security issues are impacting organizations at a clip higher than ever before. As such, it is critical to protect every system and application possible. The real-world solution that many IT organizations turn to to protect systems and applicat… Continue reading Two-factor Authentication for macOS®
With Macs becoming more popular in the enterprise, many IT admins are looking for remote Mac® management tools. In order to prove truly useful to IT admins, that remote Mac management tool needs to work two-fold. It should manage the macOS® e… Continue reading Remote Mac® Management
Is there a multi-tenant Mac® management solution for MSPs (managed service providers)? As more Macs enter the workplace, the demand among MSPs for such a solution grows. Since no two client organizations are exactly the same, it would be beneficia… Continue reading Multi-Tenant Mac® Management
Is there Intune for Macs®? Unfortunately, there isn’t a short answer to this question. What we can say is that while Microsoft® Intune does support some functions for Mac, it really wasn’t designed as a cross-platform system manag… Continue reading Intune for Macs®
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) for Mac® (called FileVault) is becoming an industry standard IT security practice for IT organizations. With increasing data and laptop thefts, it only makes sense that features such as FDE are becoming commonplace. But,… Continue reading Mac® Encryption Key Recovery
With IT admins beginning to implement FileVault for Full Disk Encryption (FDE), a key step in the process is to escrow Recovery Keys. Escrow is a handy way to ensure that a locked out user doesn’t remain that way. As we all know, a forgotten pass… Continue reading Mac® FileVault® Key Escrow
Microsoft® Active Directory® is the IT industry standard in the directory services space. Although the Windows®-based identity provider is so prevalent, Apple’s® Macs® are becoming popular in the workplace more than ever…. Continue reading Active Directory® for Apple®
With Apple,®’s changes to their enterprise macOS® server approach, many IT admins are wondering what Apple Open Directory (OD) actually is and whether it will be around in the future should they choose to deploy it. The answer to the fi… Continue reading What is Apple® Open Directory?
IT admins are looking for ways to save money wherever they can. Of course, sysadmins are smart enough to know that low cost doesn’t always equate to value or represent a viable solution. But, that doesn’t mean IT admins can’t look for… Continue reading Cost-Effective Mac® Management