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Brian Messinger, an Apple Distinguished Educator and coordinator of classroom instructional technology and student achievement in the Sewanhaka Central High School District on Long Island, NY, talks about how one district continues to use the power of Jamf to break down barriers while ensuring constant and equal access to all learners -- and the surprising result of a global pandemic.

A deep dive into the various types of installers used by macOS, including how they work, what they’re capable of doing (and not doing) and understanding why threat actors are increasingly packaging malicious code using these common methods to distribute malware.

In this JNUC session, we hear from Jennifer Johnson, a systems analyst at Iowa State University. With an IT infrastructure that is highly distributed across campus, Iowa State hosts over 50 sites on a single Jamf Pro instance. In order to facilitate reporting and visualize data coming out of these sites, the IT staff is reliant on the Microsoft Power BI integration for Jamf Pro. Here she shares her experience with creating well-constructed dashboards in Power BI using Jamf data.

This JNUC 2021 session looks at how the Open Source IBM Notifier provides a customizable, clear and consistent notification experience.

Google Chrome for Apple and Jamf make a powerful partnership for managing and supporting macOS and iOS-based devices. In this JNUC session, learn about the latest additions to Google’s Chrome Browser that help Mac admins make short work of deploying and managing the software.

Money Forward looked to better their device choice program by bringing on M1 Mac devices with Apple silicon. Yuto Mughal was at JNUC to share the lessons learned from their experience and how to expect and overcome some of the same barriers they faced.

Tony Williams, a Macintosh systems engineer with Suncorp, outlines in this JNUC 2021 session how you can use Scriptorium to track changes, backup and quickly and easily upload the scripts from your Mac to your Jamf Pro server.

Summary: This how-to JNUC 2021 session takes a detailed look at using device automation for device state. This method is based on IDP events that can trigger actions within Jamf Pro or Jamf School, using their respective APIs to smooth user offboarding.