Jamf Pro: groups, scope, policies and profiles for Macs

Skills you'll practise

• Choose between Automated Device Enrollment (with a PreStage enrollment) and user-initiated enrollment for a device
• Build smart and static groups appropriately and avoid circular or excessive nesting
• Scope a task with targets, limitations and exclusions
• Configure a policy's trigger and execution frequency without overloading the server
• Choose between a policy and a configuration profile, and pick the right remote command for a lost device
• Set up Jamf Pro accounts with the right privilege sets and a non-directory administrator fallback

Course outline

1. 1.Jamf Pro essentialsVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Enrollment, groups and scopeLesson · 17 min
3. 3.Policies and configuration profilesLesson · 17 min
4. 4.Remote commands and Jamf Pro accessLesson · 16 min
5. 5.Jamf Pro: groups, scope, policies and profiles for Macs: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
6. 6.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• Jamf Pro Documentation: Smart Groups
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Static Groups
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Scope (targets, limitations and exclusions)
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Policies (execution frequency, triggers, scope)
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Computer Configuration Profiles
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Automated Device Enrollment for Computers (PreStage enrollments)
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Remote Commands for Computers
• Jamf Pro Documentation: Jamf Pro User Accounts and Groups