Mac Tech

MacTech 03132018

By ega

MacTech Groups Agenda
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2018
2:30 to 4:30 — Room B16-B Hillsborough Bld.

 

  • Announcements – 5 min
    1. OIT only supports OS X 10.11.6 and macOS 10.13.3 or newer
    2. Status page for jamfcloud.com services see http://status.jamfsoftware.com
    3. OIT Macintosh Support Web Site go.ncsu.edu/mac for updates.
    4. Slack group ncstateit.slack.com #macintosh
    5. Apple Sales: Paul Petrogeorge-paulpetro@apple.com & Sys Eng: Dave Anderson-andersen1@apple.com
    6. macOS versions that shipped with Intel Hardware: support.apple.com/kb/HT1159
    7. Vintage and Obsolete Apple Products: support.apple.com/kb/HT1752?viewlocale=en_US
    8. Apple Education Support Line 800-800-2775 use this number only. Always verify Apple Care Coverage.
    9. Antivirus for university owned devices – go.ncsu.edu/antivirus
    10. Unity Macintosh Workflow uses Active Directory configuration with local home directory at /Users/$uid$
    11. OIT supports only Apple, Intel (i386) hardware for Mac OS and software. Only unmodified iOS is supported.
    12. Please remember to check prices at www.apple.com/education/pricelists/ to verify best price with NC State Marketplace
    13. Authorized NC State personnel wanting to get training and tools for Apple Certified Technician should request invitation by opening a help desk ticket at  help@ncsu.edu  Must login to GSX  monthly!!
    14. UNC Combined Pricing Initiative (CPI) oit.ncsu.edu/campus-it/it-purchasing/unc-combined-pricing-initiative-cpi-program-at-nc-state/
    15. JAMF Pro Enterprise service go.ncsu.edu/jamf,  go.ncsu.edu/casperinfo and go.ncsu.edu/uwc for details
    16. Endpoint Protection Standard Draft https://docs.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/document/d/1z1ZQm8HrEX27xjImjQtLPAZ15N1mfGjvsjHH1HTGLcM/edit?usp=sharing
  2. Training Needs – 5 min
    1. OIT-Managing OS X with Jamf Pro – Request –
      reporter.ncsu.edu/link/courseview?courseID=OIT-JPro01-JPro01&deptName=OIT
    2. OIT-Casper Best Practices for Packagers – Request – webapps.ncsu.edu/classmate/workshop/index/details/workshopId/351
    3. OIT-Advanced OS X Management with Jamf Pro – Request – webapps.ncsu.edu/classmate/workshop/index/details/workshopId/881
    4. CrashPlan for Sub-Org Administrators – Request – reporter.ncsu.edu/link/courseview?courseID=OIT-CPlan1-CPlan1&deptName=OIT
    5. Local Based Commercial Training – training.computertree.com/course/
    6. JAMF Pro Training – www.jamf.com/training/
  3. Service Updates- 10 min
    1. Jamf Pro – V 10.2.2 released Mar 8, 2018 and available on nccloudtest.jamfcloud.com
      JDS will be removed in the second half of 2018. Asking Jamf if we should wait for 10.3.0 (now in beta 2)
      Service Now Plugin for JAMF Pro partially working in SNow Dev but waiting on update to support Service Now Jakarta.
    2. CrashPlan -Code42 forcing V6.5.x upgrade by May 2018. Will upgrade in place with automatic client update as in past but not move to SSO due to changes to ldap support.
    3. NetInstall – is being removed from macOS server.  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312  Apple pushing Internet Reinstall, DEP and VPP.
    4. AutoPKGR – Has issue with Jamf Pro v10 that requires manual PKG upload but working on this with Jamf and the original author.  JSS Importer 1.0.4 is out but has issue with JDS and all cloud DPs.
    5. Antivirus – New version 4.5.32.0 is available. NCSU-Campus-MSSCEP-Mac_4.5.32.0.pkg at
      https://nc.jamfcloud.com/packages.html?id=5536
    6. DEP/VPP/Apple School – Planning move to Apple School Manager Spring 2018.
    7. Endpoint Protection – Approved by CAS but not time line.
      Draft “BluePrint for macOS Endpoint Protection” (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pdv8Z3aU374i1cNwvvrEd3yRnmeU2qXRolpYwP8jaUs/edit),  Also looking at creating Service Now “Endpoint Compliance” report for all points of the standard.
  4. Jamf Pro 10.2.2 testing and move to production- 10 min
    Jamf Pro version 10.2.0 is now available for testing on nccloudtest.jamfcloud.com.  We will be moving to JCDS master when Jamf is comfortable as the JDS is EOL. We are working with Jamf on best path to sync JDS to JCDS one final time.  Release notes at
    http://docs.jamf.com/10.2.2/jamf-pro/release-notes/What’s_New_in_This_Release.html  Note that the 2 issues fixed in 10.2.2 were actually discovered in 10.2.0 and do not affect us at version 10.0.0.  This is why we are in discussion with Jamf about upgrading or waiting for 10.3.0 now in beta 2.
    Discussion
  5. macOS Granuliar Profiles for Testing – 5 min
    There is a new NCSU GitHub repo with the granular profiles for macOS configuration we have talked about before.  These should be TESTED thoroughly before use
    https://github.ncsu.edu/ega/macOS-Profiles
    Discussion
  6. New User Approved MDM is coming too 
    https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.htmlDiscussion
  7. Q&A – 15 min
    You ask we try to answer

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