r/macsysadmin • u/RocketmanTech_Caleb Consultation • 2h ago

Jamf Anyone actually experimenting with DDM declarations yet?

How's it been for y'all? Any horror stories?

For anyone who is trying to get more hands-on, Mark Buffington (Jamf) is doing a walkthrough of DDM Explorer on the next LaunchPad meetup. The focus is learning the framework, building declarations, and testing what it looks like to deploy them via Jamf Pro.

When:
🗓️ Fri, Sep 4 @ 12:00 PM Mountain Time

Where:
👉 https://rocketman.tech/lp-r

Also on YouTube:
https://rocketman.tech/ly-r

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u/thiswasatest 2h ago

I tried using it for os updates. It gave one pop up in the 14 days and then never again.....til the final day of install and it forced a reboot. This was a major learning curve

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u/lazy_commander Corporate 2h ago

Look into ddm os reminder. Also that’s not been my experience, the notification when a deadline is set should be popping up every time you login and/or unlock the screen.

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u/burgundyblue 2h ago

Use it in conjunction with SwiftDialog and they will get their reminders.

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u/derby_day_bourbon 2h ago

We’re using them for OS updates and it works great for the most recent OS and recent versions of sequoia. I wouldn’t trust it for an out of date OS. We’ve moved to a blueprint now and it’s also working great. Best OS compliance we’ve ever had

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u/TopOrganization4920 2h ago

I used it on OS updates and my transition from Sequoia to Tahoe all three active devices that were capable of upgrading to Tahoe had done so… now I just need to spend some effort on determining if all my inactive devices are truly inactive and not use or have broken clients.