Going MAD: From closed-in-box to ready to rock

A new-in-box Mac is a pretty sight, but it’s not yet useful for your organization. This session will provide an overview of how you can tie together Munki, Autopkg, DeployStudio and other free tools to prepare Macs, new or existing, for deployment and ongoing maintenance and updates. It’s a “putting the pieces together” introductory session that will also cover how these tasks can be automated. We will demonstrate initial setup and configuration of Munki, Autopkg, and DeployStudio, and will show how the tools combined can streamline and standardize the initial deployment of a new Mac.

Key Concepts:

  • Imaging, deployment, automation, package creation, ongoing maintenance and updates.

Foundational Lecture – 75 Minutes  

Robert Hammen, MC Services Robert Hammen

Robert has worked with Apple technologies since 1979 (still owns his Lisa 2/10). After being in IT management for many years, Robert has spent the past 8 providing OS X and iOS consulting services, focused mainly on deployment and ongoing support for organizations ranging from small offices to Fortune 50 companies. Robert has all of Apple’s IT certifications and is also an Apple Certified Trainer. Robert is part of a team of consultants at MC Services, a Pewaukee, WI-based but nationally-known Apple consulting and training services organization.

Steve Yuroff, HiebingSteve Yuroff

Steve is the entire IT department of Hiebing – an integrated marketing and advertising agency, in Madison, WI.  He started there when AppleShareIP 6, QuickMail Pro and QuarkXPress 3.32  were the tools of the advertising/IT trade, and now manages 70 OS X machines, plus virtualization servers, Windows, Active Directory, XenApp, LAMP, networking, security, wireless, storage, phones, printers and almost anything that can hold or transfer a 1 or a 0.  When not at work, he enjoys blues harmonica and spending time with his wife and 2 sons.

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