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' NSMS group, 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 nsms@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 the Tuesday of 8th week, each term.

Upcoming Meetings

Trinity Term

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

This is the seventh event in the termly meeting for Apple Device Administrators at the University of Oxford. The meeting will be held in the Isis room at the IT Learning Centre.

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions
2. 'macOS High Sierra Spring Update: UAKEL, UAMDM and Secure Token', by Chris Beard, Systems Administrator (Apple), Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services
3. Second talk TBC by Ben Goodstein, Technical Leader (Apple), Endpoint Device Management Services, IT Services

These will be followed by some time for discussion and opportunities to share ideas.

Register interest via the Eventbrite listing https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apple-device-administrators-meeting-tt-2018-tickets-46616643636

Previous Meetings

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)

Notes

For inclusion in weekly ITSS News, submit event details to its3@it.ox.ac.uk. It should also be advertised on itss-d and the Orchard contributors list.

If using Eventbrite to manage a new event, copy a previous event then delete the existing tickets and re-add. Duncan Tooke in InfoSec also asked we include the disclaimer paragraph here: https://www.infosec.ox.ac.uk/i-want/use-cloud-services-safely#collapse3