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1 min readWe’ve updated Auto Apps to give admins greater control over the notifications those apps generate for users.
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2 min readKandji now integrates with Foqal Agent, the service-desk and automation tool that lets IT admins use Slack to create support tickets—either in Foqal’s ticketing system or another. Foqal uses its Kandji integration to display device details in support tickets; it also enables IT admins to take action on managed Apple devices and to act on tickets without leaving Slack or the ticketing system.
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1 min readKandji has completely revamped the Integrations section of our web app. That section, where you configure the integration of third-party apps and services with Kandji, has been moved out of Settings to a section of its own.
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6 min readIt shouldn’t surprise anyone that Apple is removing Python 2.7 from the upcoming macOS 12.3 release: As far back as 2019, the company said it was deprecating the scripting and programming language and that Python would not be included with future versions of the OS. Now Apple is simply making good on that promise.
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8 min readAt the end of the day, what is a Mac admin’s primary responsibility? To deliver hardware? To maintain security? To just keep the trains running? Some would argue that the real goal is to keep users happy, from their day-one onboarding through their entire lifecycle with the organization. But how do you create user experiences that will keep employees—and leadership—happy? That was the question we asked at a recent Kandji panel discussion, “The IT Hero’s Quest: Deliver the Best Experience for Mac Users.” Hosted by Steven Vogt (Senior Product Engineer), the guests were Michael Tsai (Senior Product Manager at Kandji) and Charlie Klausen (IT Manager at Forward Financing). All three have many, many years of experience working with and as IT admins. All three had plenty to say about how and why admins should make great end-user experiences their primary goal.
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2 min readLast year, Kandji commissioned a survey to find out how IT admins and leaders in the United States were dealing with the new hybrid workplace—in which some employees work remotely, some are in the office, and many do both. That survey found that the shift to hybrid work over the past two years coincided with increased demand for Apple devices among business users. It turns out that the correlation between hybrid work and Apple demand isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon: A new Kandji-commissioned survey of 250 senior IT decision-makers and more than 1,000 remote and hybrid workers in the United Kingdom found much the same is true there.
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2 min readDrata is a fast-growing SaaS company that provides seamless compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and HIPAA, by automating the process of collecting evidence across an organization’s tech stack. That evidence allows companies to prove their security posture and pass audits; automating the process can significantly reduce the time companies spend achieving and monitoring compliance. Drata automates its evidence collection by connecting with more than 50 cloud-based tools—business suites, identity management providers, and the like. Proving that end-user devices are secure also plays a major role in meeting compliance requirements. That's why Drata recently enabled an integration with Kandji that extends those monitoring abilities to Mac computers. Instead of installing an agent to monitor Mac security settings, Drata can pull the data from Kandji via API.
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8 min readHow do you want the devices you manage to be configured? What settings do you want to be enforced, which apps do you want to be installed, how often should the OS be updated—in other words, what is the end-state that you want to achieve? And how are you going to achieve it? Those were the questions that Arek Dreyer and Matt Wilson—senior product engineers at Kandji—discussed at our recent live event, “A Deep Dive into Auto-Remediation.” They’re questions that every Mac admin asks—and is asked—on a regular basis. Arek and Matt looked at the ways Kandji can help you achieve the end-state you want for the Apple devices you manage.
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1 min readKandji is excited to announce our integration with Secureframe. Information about devices in your Kandji instance can be pulled into Secureframe to inform SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA security controls and to simplify audit prep.
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1 min readKandji is pleased to announce our partnership with Trusona. You can now use Kandji to deploy Trusona’s multifactor authentication (MFA) solution for Mac computers at scale.
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2 min readKandji is pleased to announce an update to our Software Update Library Item, as well as two new Auto Apps.
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1 min readWe are pleased to announce a new version of our Self Service app for Apple's mobile platforms. The Kandji Self Service app for macOS has long provided an easy way for users to download software for that platform. A version of that app is now available for iOS and iPadOS.
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2 min readKandji is pleased to announce newly expanded hours for customer support, as well as a slew of recently added Auto Apps.
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3 min readBack at WWDC 2021 in June, Apple announced a slew of exciting changes that are coming to device management, from declarative MDM to erase all content and settings for Mac. With the arrival of iOS and iPadOS 15, many of those announcements became reality, including an enhancement to Managed Open In. Here’s a quick recap of what Managed Open In is, what the latest update does, and how you can use Kandji to exert greater control over what users can do with your company’s data.
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2 min readKandji is excited to announce the release of a new Library Item that will give Apple admins finer control over data flows on iOS and iPadOS devices, as well as updates to Restrictions profiles. Both take advantage of features introduced in macOS Monterey and iOS/iPadOS 15.
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