First published on CloudBlogs on Nov 23, 2015 Microsoft Intune has always had comprehensive support for managing modern devices (Android, iOS, and Windows) using the MDM framework. As announced last week, I’m excited to share that we’ve extended our MDM management platform to include support for managing Mac OS X devices. These capabilities are built on the same robust MDM infrastructure.
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- IT Automation Profiles for Mac Agents You can toggle easily and quickly between IT Automation Profile tasks that can be automated on a Mac Agent, and those that can't, e.g. Install Microsoft Office Updates. Navigate to Admin Monitoring Patch Mgmt & IT Automation.
- Ported PuTTY for Mac. There is a port of PuTTY for Mac. It can be installed in several ways. Installation using HomeBrew. If you already have the brew command installed, the best way to install PuTTY is to use the following command: brew install putty Installation using MacPorts. PuTTY is readily available via MacPorts.
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Automate and standardize software maintenance across platforms. Address the complexities of patch deployment with our easy to use policy profiles that allow you to manage patch approvals, scheduling, and installation.
Use the VSA agent endpoint fabric to optimize the delivery of installer packages. VSA eliminates the need for a centralized File Share or LAN Cache.
Schedule a Scan & Analysis of the network on a regular basis so you can automate software updates without disrupting your users.
Blackout Windows enable you to halt processing during a defined period of time.
Allows you to deny a specific patch, KB, or block a specific update to a subset of machines, overriding the default patch classification.
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Travis Graef, Assistant System Administrator, is one of the six people in the organization’s IT Team. His areas of responsibility run the gamut of everyday IT operations tasks.
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Go Agent Mac
Depends on how big your Mac estate is and if you want to patch the OS or 3rd party stuff as well
Using The Patch Agent For Mac Os
OS X Server will manage the OS but the attack surfaces are often 3rd party so you really need something to manage all the other stuff as well
The commercial options are
JAMF Casper - More than just patching this is an entire Mac management solutions
Absolute Manage
Tanium
LANdesk
Or there are lots of open source solutions like Munki Project and lots of other homebrew/opensource solutions for smaller Mac sites