Apple Device Administrators' Meeting (ADAM)

The Apple Device Administrators' Meeting (ADAM) is a forum for Oxford ITSS to share solutions, discuss current topics, and develop your professional skills in the area of Apple device management. Chaired by the Orchard team from IT Services' EDMS Team, we aim to meet on a semi-regular basis at lunchtimes, for a programme of presentations and Q&As.

If you would like to talk at one of the meetings and share your experiences as an Apple admin at Oxford, please email stefan.lutener@it.ox.ac.uk with a short summary of your talk which should be around 15 - 20 mins.

We will endeavour to hold these meetings on a Wednesday once per term.

Upcoming Meetings

Michaelmas Term 2019 TBC

Previous Meetings

Trinity Term 15th May 2019 12:30pm Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. Welcome and introduction
2. "Startosinstall functionality, is erase all content and settings for macOS getting closer?", by Stefan Lutener, Systems Administrator, Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services
3. "Notarising apps" by Ben Goodstein, Technical Leader (Apple), Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services

References and updates

1. https://github.com/stefanj135/OxfordADAMTalks/blob/master/2019_05_15_startosinstallpresentation.pdf

2. https://github.com/fuzzylogiq/talks/blob/master/ADAM-20190515/Notarizing%20Apps.pdf

12th June 2018 (8th week) 12:30PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. 'macOS High Sierra Spring Update: UAKEL, UAMDM and Secure Token', by Chris Beard, Systems Administrator (Apple), Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services - Slides

2. Discussion on current pain-points for Mac management by Ben Goodstein, Technical Leader (Apple), Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services

22nd January 2018 (2nd week) 12:30PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions

2. 'Admin issues surrounding High Sierra & the iMac Pro' by Ben Goodstein, Technical Leader (Apple), Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services Slide deck

3. 'Meltdown and Spectre: staying safe' by Chris Beard, Systems Administrator, Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services Slide deck

4. Discussion

The session was captured to video on Panopto. Ben's talk starts at 1m34s and Chris's at 21m02s. Q&A follows each talk, many thanks to our contributors.

27th June 2017 12:30PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions

2. "Unified logging and the log command in Sierra" by Ben Goodstein, Senior Systems Administrator at IT Services Slides

3. "Hi, High Sierra! What we know about macOS 10.13 (and isn’t restricted by the NDA)" by Chris Beard, Systems Administrator at IT Services Slides

Also captured to video on Panopto. Ben's talk is at the start and Chris's is at 26:44. There is some Q&A after each talk, many thanks to our contributors.

21st March 2017 12:30PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions

2. "Signing macOS Installers and Applications" by Ben Goodstein (Senior Systems Administrator at IT Services) Slides

3. “Understanding USB-C and Thunderbolt 3” by Chris Beard (Systems Administrator at IT Services) Slides

4. Discussion

29th November 2016 12:30PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions

2. Configuration profiles: what works and what doesn't - Ben Goodstein (IT Services, Unix Services Team) Slides

3. Discussion

16th May 2016 12:30PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. MDM and DEP Talk & Q&A - Chris Beard (IT Services, Unix Services Team) Slides

2. Discussion

22nd March 2016 13:00PM Isis Room, 13 Banbury Road

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions

2. Easing the pain of Mac software updates: Talk & Q&A - Ben Goodstein (IT Services, Unix Services Team), Slides

3. Changes to the higher education procurement arrangement with Apple - Marko Jung (IT Services, Unix Services Team)

Organising ADAM sessions

See this page (restricted to Orchard staff).