Custom DEP - Part 7: Getting started with AirWatch 9.1.3

Custom DEP for all AirWatch customers

Jul 27, 2017 - 8 minute read

Categories: AirWatch   macOS   DEP   MDM   EMM   InstallApplication   InstallApplications   mdmclient  

Three months to the day I announced that AirWatch had released custom DEP in AirWatch 9.1. This was a limited release due to a few outstanding issues with mdmclient, especially in regard to the InstallApplication command. With macOS 10.12.6, Apple has now resolved these bugs and AirWatch feels comfortable with releasing this to all AirWatch customers.

Kextpocalypse - High Sierra and kexts in the Enterprise

Imaging 1, DEP 0

Jul 25, 2017 - 6 minute read

Categories: Enterprise   High Sierra   Kexts   macOS  

On June 19th, Apple released a document describing how loading secure kernel extensions (.kext) would change with High Sierra and how this would impact enterprise customers.

Open sourcing macOS cookbooks

Making chef better for everyone.

Jul 12, 2017 - 1 minute read

Categories: CPE   chef   cookbooks   OSS   Open Source  

At my current employer, we have been moving from a traditional MDM to a hybrid approach, with a focus on dynamic configuration management and desired state using Chef as the primary mechanism.

Custom DEP - Part 6: Vendor Announcement and Presentation

Presentation slides and tools.

Apr 27, 2017 - 2 minute read

Categories: AirWatch   macOS   DEP   MDM   EMM   InstallApplication   mdmclient  

Last night I announced that as of AirWatch 9.1, macadmins now have the ability to begin work on custom MDM.

Automated git clones from private repos

Fun with Partition ACLs on Sierra.

Apr 21, 2017 - 3 minute read

Categories: macOS   partitions   Sierra   git   automation  

My company has recently taken over an open source project originally written by Facebook.

Custom DEP - Part 5: Dynamic InstallApplication

Working around mdmclient's limitations.

Apr 5, 2017 - 7 minute read

Categories: macOS   DEP   MDM   EMM   InstallApplication   mdmclient  

Last month I outlined an upcoming feature for a major MDM vendor. In this time, I have received a lot of amazing feedback, but there have also been some questions that have come up.