Travis County: Why We Moved 1,900+ Apple Devices Back to Jamf

About this episode

Billy Roberts discusses Travis County's decision to migrate back to Jamf for Apple device management after a negative experience with a competing MDM.

Travis County's Senior Systems Engineer explains why his team migrated 1,900+ Apple devices back to Jamf after trying a competing MDM, and how Jamf tools caught phishing test emails before users ever saw them. Billy Roberts manages endpoints for Travis County government in Austin, Texas, a hybrid environment with 6,900 Windows devices and nearly 2,000 Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. In this episode of Jamf After Dark, Billy shares why they left Jamf, what went wrong with their previous MDM, and what brought them back. He also walks through how Jamf Trust quarantined phishing emails before users could even open them, and how Jamf Security Center's detailed app reports eliminated the manual research from their technology assessment program. 🎙️ Jamf After Dark, a podcast from Jamf introducing you to the people, products, and stories behind Apple device management and security. Hosted by Kat Garbis and Josh Thornton. What You'll Learn: Why Travis County chose Jamf over a UEM for Apple device management How Jamf Pro responds to configuration changes instantly compared to hours on a competing MDM How Jamf caught internal phishing test emails before users could…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kat Garbis, Josh Thornton

Guest: Billy Roberts

Topics covered

• Apple device management
• MDM migration
• phishing prevention
• endpoint management
• Jamf tools

Keywords

• Travis County
• Jamf
• MDM
• phishing
• endpoint management
• Jamf Pro
• Jamf Security Center
• Apple devices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Travis County, Jamf, Jamf Pro, Jamf Security Center, UEM

Products: iPhone, iPad, Mac

Places: Austin, Texas

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