Apple enhances corporate IT enhancements for iPhone, iPad, and the Mac

Portfolio strategy vice president at Jamf, Michael Covington, highlighted the significance of this development last year. He emphasized the DDM advancements, stating: “Certainly, the notable reveal for IT specialists overseeing device management is Apple’s enhancements to Declarative Device Management. The latest Software Update workflows reflect Apple’s dedication to enhancing the protocol….”

As the central focus this year on moving towards that vision, Apple’s latest operating system updates can now be entirely overseen using DDM. This replaces MDM profiles for managing software update limitations, configurations, and directives.

A brief summary of Apple’s improvements for administrators

While DDM is just one aspect of device control, Apple introduced several new device management functions in their releases, even though there are distinctive variations between Mac and i-device systems:

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