Rich Trouton: Declarative Device Management and a promising future for Mac Admins

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Show notes: We’re joined by Rich Trouton, an IT Technology Services Expert at SAP with over twenty years of experience. Outside of work, Rich also publishes the Der Flounder MacOS blog and is Treasurer for the Mac Admins Foundation. Topics discussed: How Rich got into Mac Administration and IT IT allows for more enticing opportunities than traditional roles Biggest changes that have taken place for MacAdmins over the past twenty years Introduction of MDM and Declarative Device Management (DDM) What people want in MDM How much of a difference will DDM make for other MacAdmins Genesis of the Mac Admins Foundation and involvement The next five years of the Mac Admin world Resources mentioned: MacAdmins Foundation Declarative Device Management Rich’s talk on DDM Der flounder blog Where to get in touch: MacAdmins Slack LinkedIn Try Fleet Fleet makes it easy to get accurate, actionable data from all your endpoints. From full disk encryption to healthy antivirus software and any query in between. See for yourself.

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