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The MacAdmins Conference is the premier East Coast conference for anyone who deploys and manages devices in the Apple ecosystem. Over the last 15 years we featured hundreds of sessions and many workshops with top notch speakers in the MacAdmins community. MacAdmins offers an incredible level of expertise, value, entertainment, and a great opportunity to network with your fellow admins!

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Wednesday, July 16
 

9:00am EDT

Navigating Mixed-Platform Classrooms in Higher Education: Challenges & Solutions
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 5
Join us for a captivating workshop led by two History majors turned IT professionals, as they share their journey and provide an inside look at what it takes to manage nearly 300 classrooms.
Speakers
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Ted Akin

IT Support Specialist, Florida State University
Ted Akin has been part of the Classroom Support Group at Florida State University for the past eight years, serving as the team‚Äôs lead technician, supporting nearly 300 mixed-platform classrooms and over 800 computers. When not on the job, he enjoys spending time with his family... Read More →
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Martin Lippai

IT Support Specialist, Florida State University
Martin has been working at FSU for three years, before which he wore many other hats as a middle school teacher, Apple Store Genius Admin, and a few other things. He helps manage a fleet of about 350 Mac devices used in University Classrooms in both lab-style setups and as part of... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career   Deployment   Device Management   All Levels

9:00am EDT

MDM and DDM 101
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 1
This session discusses how mobile device management (MDM) and declarative device management (DDM) work to manage Apple devices.
Speakers
avatar for Rich Trouton

Rich Trouton

IT Technology Senior Consultant, Jamf
Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over twenty years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including education, government, research, and software development._x000D_ _x000D_ Rich has also written for Peachpit, Apress... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Device Management   All Levels

9:00am EDT

The State of Identity on Apple devices
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 2
MAIDs that stand for "Managed Apple Accounts." Platform Single Sign-On that doesn't make changes to local user accounts. iOS... I mean, there's a lot of weird ways that your organization's identity ties into your organization's Apple fleet. We're gonna do a state of the union - iOS, macOS, Apple Accounts, single sign on extensions, visionOS(!?!), and even how ACME certificates fit into all of this.
Speakers
avatar for Sean Rabbitt

Sean Rabbitt

Sr. Consulting Engineer, Identity and Access Management, Jamf
Born a small human child, Sean has since gotten larger. These days he helps organizations succeed with Apple, consulting on how to manage and secure fleets of devices. He is often performing extreme social distancing traveling the country in an Airstream trailer with his husband of... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security   Device Management   All Levels

10:45am EDT

Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager Best Practices
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 1
From enrolling to federation, this session will provide best practices for your Apple School/Business Manager setup
Speakers
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Apple Education

Apple Education, Apple
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   Intermediate

10:45am EDT

One PreStage to Rule Them All: Secure macOS Deployment with Power Automate
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2
Learn how the University of Nebraska leverages Power Automate and Jamf Setup Manager to securely streamline macOS deployments. This process dynamically sets the device name, assigns the correct Jamf site, and applies risk classification, all while maintaining a single PreStage for the entire university. By using unique keys and API calls, this method ensures security without exposing credentials.
Speakers
avatar for Quinn Harouff

Quinn Harouff

Security Engineer, University of Nebraska
Quinn is an Endpoint Security Engineer at the University of Nebraska, specializing in macOS security and automation tools. Passionate about making complex systems more approachable, Quinn has presented at PSU MacAdmins and the Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC). She thrives on helping... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Security   Toolbox   Device Management   Intermediate

1:30pm EDT

macOS 16: What You Need To Know
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 1
Need the lowdown on what's up with the latest version of macOS? This session will be your guide into the new features and changes coming in macOS 16, and how they'll affect you and your users, and what you can do to prepare!
Speakers
avatar for Robert Hammen

Robert Hammen

Principal Mac Engineer
As a former IT manager, consultant, Apple Certified System Administrator, and Apple Certified Trainer, I've been managing Macs since before the days of OS X. After 5 years managing the tens of thousands of Apple devices at SpaceX, sending 58 iPads to orbit with astronauts and cosmonauts... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   All Levels

1:30pm EDT

Effective Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 3
This year we will journey into the exciting yet thankless world of bug reporting, and how best to fine tune your troubleshooting skills to ensure your fleet of Macs will continue running smoothly in the face of constant platform change.
Speakers
avatar for Joseph Chilcote

Joseph Chilcote

Client Platform Engineer, Meta
Joe manages Macs at a large tech company, and is based in Seattle.
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   Device Management   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

Master Macs with Intune (a sequel to Managing Macs with Intune)
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 1
As a follow-up to last year’s introduction on Managing Macs with Intune, join us to review new updates from Intune, new third-party tools, and how to successfully manage Macs in Intune. Microsoft Intune continues to be the hot topic for managing Macs due to cost savings, a single pane of glass, as well as its overall improvements as an MDM to manage Macs.
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Myers

Andrew Myers

Client Platform Engineer, Alectrona
Andrew is a seasoned Mac Admin working within multiple MDMs, open-sourced MacAdmin tools, and just getting Macs into organizations. Before Alectrona, worked in higher education for over 10+ years.
avatar for Sam Gibbs

Sam Gibbs

Client Platform Engineer, Alectrona
Sam is an Apple Client Platform Engineer at Alectrona, providing Mac and Jamf support for clients and partners. Prior to joining Alectrona, Sam spent 10+ years wrangling Macs in higher ed.
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   All Levels
 
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