Jamf Connect Reviews

The main use case for Jamf Connect was to synchronize local accounts with the identity provider, like Entra. However, due to some limitations with the enrollment sequence and user limitations, we decided to discontinue using it.

We previously used Jamf Connect to synchronize local accounts with our identity provider, but we faced challenges due to limitations that prevented us from deploying user-level configuration profiles.

In the coming future, Mac will no longer support AD joining. So, what Jamf Connect does is seamlessly connect your Mac to your Azure AD, which is a cloud-based active directory. We use Jamf Connect to encrypt our hard drive, create user accounts, and for zero-touch deployment. Zero-touch means that we can simply hand over the Mac laptop to the user. They can open it, connect to the internet, and log in with their email address and password. At the same time, it will create an account on the Mac and join it to Azure AD. These are the benefits we are getting, and we can do all of this in just a minute.

It used to take around ten to fifteen minutes to join the Mac to the domain, then can restart, then log in with the username, and password. It's a very hefty process, and it's a pretty manual job. 

Now it's much quicker and not a manual job. Within a minute, your hardware will encrypt, your Mac will connect to the domain, and your account will be created with the domain account.

Primarily, we wanted to use it as a tool to enable multifactor authentication for our Mac users in both business entities. The goal was to integrate with identity providers such as Microsoft Azure, Okta, and another one that I'm currently blanking on. 

In addition to multifactor authentication, it also helps retain the credential set in the Jamf Connect tool once you're logged in. This eliminates the need to log in repeatedly across various web applications, as it integrates and sends the necessary messages to the identity provider (IDP). So it's both a user convenience and an enhanced security feature. 

Jamf Connect is a pretty simple and straightforward tool overall. It has basically two components. First, there's the component that manages the login window experience on macOS, and then there's the component that manages the experience after you log in, integrating with the sites and everything else.

We use the solution for Azure authentication. 

The tool supports different types of authentication. It also integrates seamlessly if you are using other Jamf products. 

Jamf Connect is utilized to connect devices to our corporate applications from a single device through the cloud. We have migrated approximately 400 users already, but we still have a few more to go.

The most valuable feature is the synchronization of passwords with a local password, which works well. This means that if people forget their passwords, it becomes easier to recover them as they are stored in the cloud, specifically Azure AD, and automatically synchronized.

Jamf Connect is a tool for authentication. Essentially, macOS devices use it to authenticate with your identity provider for accessing different services. You can use it to connect to your identity provider, such as Azure, and authenticate with your macOS devices using Azure Authenticator. The same applies to other authentication methods, like the one in Google. They enable authentication of macOS devices using the store.

It has a lot of features, but it's still simple to use.

Jamf Connect can replace the existing IdP and gives better hand holding capability for your devices.

Jamf Connect is an identity provider, and once you log in, you will have all the device's access.

The primary use cases of Jamf Connect in my customer's company include the login screen, dual login screen, and integration with Okta IDP.

Jamf Connect has helped by disabling the network login screen, ensuring users only need to enter their password once, which has made the client very happy. This has greatly improved IT security and user management.