Mac management suites

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Client management suites

The workflow that an administrative team develops for software delivery and management, patching, and remediation is often centralized around a client management suite. One of the side effects of this is that the workflow often ends up redefining the imaging workflow in a number of ways. For available software solutions, see the following lists.

Imaging and client management

• DeployStudio— http://www.deploystudio.com/
• JAMF’s Casper Suite— http://www.jamfsoftware.com
• Absolute Manage— http://www.absolute.com

Client management only

• Thursby’s ADmitMac— http://www.thursby.com
• Quest Management Xtensions (QMX)— http://www.quest.com

Additional resources

• “Manage devices with Profile Manager” section, OS X Server: Advanced Administration — https://help.apple.com/advancedserveradmin/mac/3.0/
• Apple Technical White Paper: Managing OS X with Configuration Profiles — http://training.apple.com/pdf/wp_osx_configuration_profiles_ml.pdf
• Managing Devices with Configuration Profiles, OS X Server Essentials 10.9: Using and Supporting OS X Server on Mavericks, Peachpit Pres
Official Apple documentation

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