whats new in enterprise – iOS14 and macOS Big Sur

apart from consumer features from iOS with it’s homescreen widgets, app libary, app clips or picture-in-Picture and many other features (already available in Android) – so, what’s new about managing the new release to utalize of enterprise with mdm

iOS 14 release date, beta, features and compatible iPhones @techradar

announced at wwdc 2020 the upcoming releases are packed full of features even for enterprise, a lot a leasons learned from iOS transered to macOS and some highlights in my opinion

• macOS enrollment – more seamless with detailed options to ease the onboarding process
• auto advance for mac – added an offline enrollment method that just require connecction network and power

• lights out management for mac pro, payload via mdm
• user enrolled macOS are supervised !!!
• macOS managed software – defer updates up to 90 days, same as for iOS or force update
• macOS managed apps – remove by mdm, managed app configuration or convert from managed to unmanaged
• download profiles for macOS – privacy from iOS to prevent mistakes and manually install profile iOS-style
• shared iPad for business – multi user device with managed apple id via apple’s abm

• non-removable managed apps – homescreen layout advanced to allow rearrange but prohibit uninstall of apps
• managed openin support shortcuts app
• set timezone – without location service
• per account vpn – mail,contact,calendar for same domain

• encrypted dns
• randomized wifi mac

about managing apple devices at wwdc @apple

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read more about how to join and even downgrade from beta

downgrade beta

…it’s quite easy to join a public beta, a lot of chinese vendor develop there software while customer already using it – for ios and android it is possible to get a sneak look into new features or test changes behaviour in your enterprise environment before public rollout join beta at https://beta.apple.com/ https://www.google.com/android/beta top 3…

by matthias mader 19. March 20196. June 2019

gather ios device logs on the fly without a mac

it usually requires a mac with configurator installed to gather iOS device logs while troubleshooting an issue, there a some alternatives around…

#1 virtualize macOS

… and use apple’s configurator on windows, read more how to establish this below

touch @macos

apple introduced the “all news” touch bar in 2017 for macbook pro, but what most mac users missing is a touchscreen – the addon airbar, extra hardware attached to the screen, looks unbeautiful every smartpsmartsmaand a lot other notebook own a touchdisplayt, so what to do if you don’t want to run or carry separate device – vitualize…

#2 itools

as an alternative software for iTunes, it it further able to access device logs and is supported at windows & macOS for the following devices

iPhone X, iPhone 8,iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone SE, iPhone 7,iPhone 5C,iPhone 5S, iPhone 6S,iPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6S plus, iPhone 7 Plus, iPod touch, iPad 4,iPad Mini 4, iPad Mini 3 and iPad Mini 2,iPad Pro (9.7 , 12.9 inch),iPad Air and iPad Air 2

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#3 buildin analystics

even directly from the device it self it’s possible to gather debug information, with this workaround

• enable AssistiveTouch
• select analytics
• press virtual Homebutton
• reproduce the issue/crash
• upload logs

second screen – how to multi screen | updated

let’s check how to use display content at a second screen to raise productivity, there are several options to enlarge your screen, the power of your mobile device is most of the time enough to serve multi screen

windows

project, duplicate, extend are availabe options when hit windows key + p to open up charms bar with available options to display wired connected to hdmi or wireless adapter via miracast

macos

to add an unwired further screen like an ipad, android, windows or even another mac – use airdisplay or interesting as a hardware solution lunadisplay

since macos catalina the sidecar extend screen natively with iPad

huawei

got it’s own desktop mode when connected via hmdi to a tv, attach keyboard, show presentation direct from your mobile or mirror your mobile screen wireless to miracast or chromecast

windows phone

continuum is/was a clever system, but HP Elite X3 was the latest device to support it, microsoft finally quite the phone project

read more about ..

samsung

offers wir dex a hadware adapter to connect you samsung mobile to your monitor, keyboard, etc. – looks like combinded version of huawei and continuun, intersting to access from mobile device via dex dock to virtual desktop

blackberry

blend seamlessly brings messaging and content that’s on your blackberry smartphone to your desktop and tablet

anycast

if the is no build in solution, this is problalby the best way that support airplay, miracast, dlna up and up to 4k in a single device

dualscreen

this trend driven further since microsoft shortly announced the android powered surface duo and surface neo both with a buildin second screen – samsung already released a dualscreen device with it’s fold, huawei will maybe following

deprecating macos server

apple announced to deprecating the following features in 2018

• calendar
• contacts
• dhcp
• dns
• mail
• messages
• netinstall
• vpn
• websites
• wiki