Smith Apple macOS and iOS System Administration

Integrating and Supporting iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4842-5820-0
Verlag: APRESS
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 573 Seiten, eBook

Effectively manage Apple devices anywhere from a handful of Macs at one location to thousands of iPhones across many locations. This book is a comprehensive guide for supporting Mac and iOS devices in organizations of all sizes.

You'll learn how to control a fleet of macOS clients using tools like Profile Manager, Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP), and Apple Remote Desktop. Then integrate your Mac clients into your existing Microsoft solutions for file sharing, print sharing, Exchange, and Active Directory authentication without having to deploy additional Mac-specific middle-ware or syncing between multiple directory services.  
Apple macOS and iOS System Administration
 shows how to automate the software installation and upgrade process using the open source Munki platform and provides a scripted out-of-the box experience for large scale deployments of macOS endpoints in any organization. Finally, you'll see how to provision and manage thousands of iOS devices in a standardized and secure fashion with device restrictions and over-the-air configuration.  
What You'll LearnIntegrate macOS and iOS clients into enterprise Microsoft environmentsUse Apple’s Volume Purchase Program to manage App installations and share pools of Apps across multiple usersMass deploy iOS devices with standard configurationsRemotely manage a fleet of macOS devices using Apple's Remote DesktopWho This Book Is For
System or desktop administrators in enterprise organizations who need to integrate macOS or iOS clients into their existing IT infrastructure or set-up a new infrastructure for an Apple environment from scratch.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Drew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction to Apple platforms.- Chapter 2: macOS Client Administration.- Chapter 3: macOS Security.- Chapter 4: iOS Client Administration.- Chapter 5:  Managing Devices with Apple Configurator.- Chapter 6: Managing iOS Clients with Apple Remote Desktop.- Chapter 7: macOS Server.- Chapter 8: Mobile Device Management.- Chapter 9: Profile Manager.- Chapter 10: macOS Application Deployment with Munki.- Chapter 11: Microsoft Integration.- Chapter 12: Mass Provisioning of iOS Devices.- Chapter 13: Scripted Deployment of macOS Clients.

Über Autor(innen)

Drew Smith
has spent the last twenty years in system administration, providing technology support and designing solutions across the United States. He has been responsible for fleets as large as 6,000 macOS devices across 52 different locations. In 2012, he deployed over 30,000 iPads to higher-education students in 15 different states, at the time it was one of the largest iPad 1:1 deployments. Drew enjoys sharing best practices with others to help them simplify and streamline the management of Apple devices in multi-platform environments.