Parallels Mac Management: How to Manage Macs Beyond Native Microsoft SCCM

Level:

200

Abstract:

This session will show how Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager allows IT admins to fully manage Macs and virtual machines the same way they do PCs.

Description:

IT teams today need practical solutions for controlling and managing the increasing numbers of Macs in their networks. In this session, Parallels, the experts in solutions to support Macs in Business, presents real-world guidance for supporting Macs in Windows-heavy environments. Join us for a an overview of Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft System Center Configuration manager, a plug-in that extends your Microsoft SCCM tools and processes to fully manage Macs.  Learn how to discover and enroll Macs into SCCM, collect hardware and software inventory, deploy software, patches or scripts, enforce compliance via OS X configuration profiles and all the key features of this award-winning product.

Presenter:

David Spackman

Presenter Bio

David has been a computer technologist since the late ‘80’s (remember DOS)?  He lives in Redmond WA, and was involved in the beta testing of Windows 95 and Windows 98.  More recently, David has been immersed in the world of Macs when he started with Parallels in 2007, working with Parallels Desktop for Mac, the first virtualization solution for running Windows on a Mac after Apple moved to the Intel chipset.  For the past few years, David has also been very involved with a product that Parallels released to the public in early 2013 called Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM (PMM), and is excited to share the details of how this product can help your IT management team get control of your ever growing Mac population.