Computers, Devices, and Users can be managed entirely from Jamf Pro.
My name is Nate, and today we'll explore the core components of the interface and prepare
you to master the features contained therein.
Let's begin by navigating to our Jamf Pro URL - in my case, it's https://trainingcatalog.jamfcloud.com.
If you're hosted in the Jamf Cloud, your URL will look similar, but with a different prefix
than trainingcatalog.
If you're hosting your server on-premise, check with your administrator for the URL.
Enter your username and password, then click the login arrow.
The dashboard contains valuable information.
We can quickly monitor the population of smart groups, the status of policies, and the deployment
of configuration profiles.
It will also display potentially important tasks - in this case, we're prompted to integrate
an LDAP server - if we're using one.
To the left, our server version is viewable.
We can see how many computers and devices are enrolled and managed, and how many devices
we have inventory reports for that are not managed.
In my case, I have 100 managed computers, 87 managed mobile devices, 3 computers with
inventory records that are not managed, and 6 unmanaged mobile devices.
Above these statistics we have three tabs - computers, devices, and users, and if we
ever want to return to the Dashboard, click the Jamf Pro logo above these tabs.
Let's take a closer look at these starting with Computers.
This is where we manage enrolled computers in our environment.
We land on the Search Inventory pane, where we can perform simple searches for computers
and create new advanced searches.
These are primarily used to report on computers with similar attributes, like their operating
system version or FileVault status.
In the sidebar we have numerous options - everything from creating new policies, configuration
profiles, Mac app store apps, static and smart groups, and configuring PreStage Enrollments.
Next, let's move to the Devices tab by using ctrl+3 on the keyboard.
We could also click the Devices tab, but for those of us who enjoy shortcuts there are
a number of ways to navigate the Jamf Pro interface without a mouse or trackpad.
For more information on keyboard shortcuts, check out the Jamf Pro Keyboard Shortcuts
article on Jamf Nation.
Many of the options here will look familiar from the Computers tab.
One notable difference is the lack of Policies - policies are exclusive to computers.
We can still manage devices with configuration profiles, apps, ebooks, groups, and prestage
enrollments.
The users tab is unique in that it is used primarily for user-based, volume distribution
of apps and book licenses.
If you're interested in user-based deployments, check out User-based Assignments in the Jamf
Pro Administrator's Guide.
That covers the majority of device management - let's take a look at some options available
to Jamf Pro users.
Select the silhouette at the top right.
Here you can change your password, configure notification settings, account preferences,
and log out of Jamf Pro.
To the right are available notifications.
Notifications may indicate if your push certificate has expired, or if device count has been exceeded.
A number should appear if a notification is available - in my case, I have one notification,
that I've exceed my device count - whoops.
Time to visit Jamf Nation.
To the right of notifications we have the Settings button.
Selecting this brings us to a page with numerous options.
On the left are several categories - System Settings, Global Management, Self Service,
and so on.
Selecting one of these categories will narrow down the options available.
For example, selecting Global Management allows creating new categories - which are used to
group similar policies and configuration profiles - or integrate Apple services like GSX and
Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager.
That's a quick overview of the Jamf Pro web interface, now let's take a look at the Jamf
apps that supplement Jamf Pro.
You can download the Jamf suite of apps from Jamf Nation, or your admin may be able to
provide them if they have access.
I've already installed the apps in my Applications folder - so let's navigate there.
First we have Composer - we'll use this to create packages to deploy with policies through
Jamf Pro.
Next is Jamf Admin - this is useful for uploading packages to a distribution point.
If you're using a cloud distribution point, you can also upload packages directly through
the Jamf Pro web app.
Below, we have Jamf Imaging, which can image computers running macOS 10.13 or earlier.
Jamf Remote can be used to SSH into enrolled computers to install packages or run remote
commands.
Finally, Recon is great for enrolling computers that are not a part of Apple Business Manager
or Apple School Manager.
Jamf Pro is a powerful and complex device management solution.
Check out content covering device and computer management with Jamf Pro for details on the
features touched on in this video.
Thanks again for watching, and we'll see you soon.