Apple Device Management: A Unified Theory of Managing Macs, iPads, iPhones, and Apple TVs

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C. Edge, R. TroutonApple Device Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9156-6_4

4. MDM Internals

Charles Edge¹   and Rich Trouton²

(1)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(2)

Middletown, MD, USA

 

Mobile Device Management, or MDM, is a device management software that comes built into tvOS, macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. MDM allows an administrator to control and secure devices by establishing policies and monitoring the adherence of a device to those policies. MDM is often referred to as “agentless” technology. There is no such thing as “agentless” management, and so in this chapter, we go through what the built-in agents on these devices are, how they work, and why some of those ...