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Workaround for wired device-authentication against Cisco RADIUS solutions
Hi All. This blog is another in an ongoing recent theme I’ve been using; Customer Requests! (Maybe I should add a new tag for this type) This time, I had a customer running device-based RADIUS (802.1x) authentication on their wired network. All options in the configuration profile appeared to be setup correctly and the device obtained […]
Transfer outlook accounts using scripting
Hi All. This blog is another in an ongoing recent theme I’ve been using; Customer Requests! This time, I had a customer running an Office 365 hosted email solution who was looking to change their default email domain. The user’s would still get emails sent to the current domain but the customer wanted all new emails […]
Deploying and Managing the NetSweeper Mac WAgent
Hi All. This blog is combining two new recent themes I’ve been using; Customer Requests and Proxies! This time, I had a customer who wished to rollout a new NetSweeper proxy solution. In order to avoid the multiple proxy authentication popups, but still allow user level filtering and, more importantly, logging, a local Agent (called the […]
Using Profile Manager’s “Proxies” Configuration Profile
Hi All. Again, this is gonna be another one of those “I had to do something for a client and so I thought I’d share” blogs. Yes, another one! I recently had a requirement to set proxy details for a fleet of Macs for an education institution. Previously, I had setup a virtual machine (VM) of […]
Packaging Pro Tools 12 for deployment
Hi All. Again, this is gonna be another one of those “I had to do something for a client and so I thought I’d share” blogs. Maybe I should start a new series on these 🙂 This one revolves around turning the Pro Tools 12 installation into something that can be deployed by your Mac deployment […]
Suppressing Sibelius 7.5 – first run messages and start up sound
Hi All. Again, this is gonna be another one of those “I had to do something for a client and so I thought I’d share” blogs. You have been warned! This one revolves around Sibelius 7.5 with it’s ‘First Run’ messages (asking you if you wish to enable Auto-Update), and the annoying music loop that […]
How to stop first run messages in Google Chrome
Hi All, this is gonna be another one of those “I had to do something for a client and so I thought I’d share” blogs. You have been warned! As part of a typical school install, we would need to deploy all applications with the following criteria: Auto-updates disabled Updates will be managed by whichever system […]
Imagr 101: Use Cases and Advanced Options
Hi All, and welcome back to the final (for now) part on configuring Imagr. This time, I’ve taken a brief look at some specific use cases and some more advanced options to consider. Use Case: Casper Enrolment Workflow I am aware of some Casper Mac Administrators that utilise DeployStudio to image and enrol their […]
Imagr 101: Workflows and Content
Hi All, and welcome back to our series on configuring Imagr. Last time, we ran through the setup of the NetBoot image to use with Imagr. This ‘part 4’ looks to cover populating the Imagr repo with content and building a workflow. ‘Part 5’ will look at some possible use cases for Imagr with the […]
Secure Websites: Lets Encrypt
So for a few weeks I have been playing with a great new service that offers free browser trusted certificates but without human intervention. This service is called Lets Encrypt So this service is currently in beta so use carefully. So anyone who has gone through the process of securing a website knows it can be […]