While some organizations went full steam ahead with Big Sur, in K12 education land we’re usually a few months behind. While testing our Big Sur deployment I found managing fast user switching using MultipleSessionEnabled in a GlobalPreferences profile payload is broken.

Like many of us during the pandemic, Big Sur has gotten a bit chonky. Not including the over 12 GB installer, it takes 35 GB to upgrade from a previous OS to Big Sur.

Consider filing feedback after reading this post! Voice your opinion by referencing AppleCare enterprise case 101264025284. Talk with your Apple SE, account manager, or vendor. DeviceLockCommand As Apple silicon documentation slowly trickles in, the Apple admin community learns more about changes impacting MDM and other functions intended for enterprise.

Recently I wanted to find a friendly way to prompt for logout or restart using the dialog prompts people were already used to. As part of a workflow users had to restart, but the only solutions I found to programmatically accomplish this were to force something like…

Bypass force sign in for fun and profit! Managing Google Chrome can be a bear sometimes. With dozens of policies to comb through for any given need, it’s a platform unto itself.