MacAdmins Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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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9:00am EDT

Deep Dive Into Declarative OS Updates and Upgrades

Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

Deans Hall 2

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Dive deep into the logging, MDM commands, and Declarations for OS Updates on Apple devices. Learn how they are initiated and run via MDM commands, and now Declarations. Know the details of Enforcement Specific and the now Global Settings Declarations. Decipher the new Machine Learning for updates introduced at WWDC 2024. Decode the logging and Declarations device side, and how regardless of MDM vendor they act. Leave knowing you can use OS Updates fully and provide feedback to Apple and MDMs.

Speakers

Bryce Carlson

Senior Product Manager, Addigy

After my family's iMac G4 in 2002 changed the course of my life to focus on Mac management I have worked for K-12 and Higher Education organizations in macOS and iOS deployment, and evolved that into directly working in the MDM sector. First, at Jamf in 2016 and now Addigy since... Read More →

Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Device Management Intermediate

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9:00am EDT

Homebrew: How to Unite Developers, IT Administrators, and Security Professionals

Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

Deans Hall 1

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Join Workbrew's Brandon Valentine, a long-time Homebrew devotee and contributor, as he shows off the #1 Mac App Store for developers from the perspective of an IT admin. We'll discuss the fundamentals of Homebrew, and how embracing it can become an asset to IT and security - not a liability. It's already helping your developers be productive, but there are some surprising ways it can help your overall fleet management story beyond the developer community.

Speakers

John Britton

Co-Founder & CEO, Workbrew

John Britton is a developer, entrepreneur, and investor. As Co-Founder & CEO of Workbrew he‚Äôs on a mission to improve the way software is deployed and managed at organizations. He is an industry-leading expert in the realms of open source and developer-tools go-to market, and... Read More →

Brandon Valentine

Technical Account Manager, Workbrew

Brandon Valentine began his career in 2000 as a systems administrator managing large-scale fleets, quickly becoming an active contributor to open source package managers. Over the years, he expanded his expertise to include Ruby development, consulting, and professional sales. A devoted... Read More →

Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Toolbox Device Management Fundamental

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9:00am EDT

LAPS That Just Works: Catalyst + Intune

Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT

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Presenting Catalyst, a new open-source LAPS implementation meant to make rotating and viewing local admin passwords on Macs easier. Built on an Azure Functions backend, this solution allows admins to view saved passwords in an easy to use web portal instead of digging through Intune Custom Attributes. Native integration with Azure KeyVault allows admins to get previous passwords, ensuring you always have the tools to access your deployed machines. Presentation includes solution details and demo.

Speakers

Henry Kon

Endpoint Systems Architect, SAS Institute

Intune Endpoint Administrator, cloud architect and in-house client management developer at SAS. Experienced in cloud-native and on-premise technologies alike with a focus on the Azure platform and Microsoft Intune. Open-source advocate and burgeoning OSS contributor. Find me on LinkedIn... Read More →

Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Security Device Management All Levels

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10:45am EDT

Preparing for the unexpected in K-12 Education

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT

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If there is anything we can plan for in schools, it's that quick pivots, rapid deployments and changes to environments are inevitable. This session will cover techniques to be successful for these situations.

Speakers

Randy Saeks

Network Manager, Glencoe School District 35

Randy is an Apple Distinguished Educator with over 20-years experience supporting Apple Technologies in K-12 education. With a technical background initially focused on system integration, he brings a unique viewpoint on how using a goal-focused approach can lead to successful partnerships... Read More →

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Career Deployment Device Management Fundamental

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10:45am EDT

Automate all the things - fully automated OS and App patching

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT

Deans Hall 1

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A presentation on how we automate patch management for both applications and operating systems at Mollie, using open-source tools like AutoPkg, Munki, munki-promoter, and nudge-auto-updater.

Speakers

Jacob Burley

Staff Engineer, Mollie

Currently Staff Engineer at Mollie, I started managing Macs (like almost everyone else) at a local university. There, I was introduced to the concept of devops, and developed an interest in automating as much as I could regarding device management.In my free time, I love going for... Read More →

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Security Device Management Intermediate

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10:45am EDT

Leverage the Air in your Mosyle iPad Deplyoments

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT

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Let me show you how we, at the Gateway School District Help Desk, use Mosyle's API and some small webpage work to simplify our day to day iPad handouts and wipes by allowing these actions to trigger right from the iPad itself.

Speakers

Jesse Smillie

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Toolbox Device Management All Levels

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10:45am EDT

Let’s Build Something with swiftDialog

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT

Deans Hall 2

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For folks new to Mac management and/or haven’t added swiftDialog to their toolbox. In real time, we’ll build a message to appear to end users with AirDrop enabled for “Everyone”, learning many of the configuration options for swiftDialog along the way.

Speakers

Casey Scruggs

Endpoint Engineer, Western Kentucky University

I've worked at the same organization, Western Kentucky University, for nearly 20 years; first at the help desk for 10 years, then 4 years as an in-person tech, and currently in my fifth year as the Endpoint Engineer for non-lab org-owned Macs.

Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Toolbox Device Management Fundamental

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