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Apple macOS and iOS System Administration: Integrating and Supporting iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks
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 Learn Who 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.
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 Learn Who 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.
592 pages, Paperback
Published May 2, 2020
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Drew Smith
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August 8, 2020
Not sure about the target audience for this book.
For the enterprise and businesses with more than a handfull of devices it is to shallow and lacking and seems outdated.
F.ex. Munki setup is convered, but not in a secure way using certificates and encryption. I think also the security and hardening topics from running a web server should, if not covered, at least be mentioned with pointers to good resources.
The installation of macOS using MDM should also have used bootstrap package.
If you are a sysadmin for a company looking into Apple device management I would instead recommend "Apple Device Management" by Charles Edge and Rich Trouton (Apress 2020).
Its not a bad book, but I think it could have benefited from better focus aswell as adressing the issues mentioned above.
For the enterprise and businesses with more than a handfull of devices it is to shallow and lacking and seems outdated.
F.ex. Munki setup is convered, but not in a secure way using certificates and encryption. I think also the security and hardening topics from running a web server should, if not covered, at least be mentioned with pointers to good resources.
The installation of macOS using MDM should also have used bootstrap package.
If you are a sysadmin for a company looking into Apple device management I would instead recommend "Apple Device Management" by Charles Edge and Rich Trouton (Apress 2020).
Its not a bad book, but I think it could have benefited from better focus aswell as adressing the issues mentioned above.
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