You can use the Software Updates tab under devices. You can scope it to a smart group such as “iPad (ALL)” to push OS updates.

This is in an educational setting with individual devices used by individual users (1:1) and Jamf Pro.

I’ve completed the majority of the iPad hardware refresh and here is how I’m tackling this:

Create a smart group and target with a Blueprint

Specifics:

Smart group:
Model Identifier is iPad15,7
and OS version is less than 18.7.1 and last inventory update less than x days ago 2 and Battery level more than 30%.

BluePrint:
Software Updates
Date and time of the update (enter date)
Target OS version (enter OS)
Save, Deploy


Before the BluePrint, I would run the “new” software update workflow, selecting the download and schedule install and select OS version on a daily basis.

After you create the BluePrint, don’t forget to deploy it.

 

I currently have Jamf School, while you can still, for now, use the traditional Updates under Device → Inventory I’ve found DDM Blueprints to be much faster and more reliable so I’ve been using those. 

Basically just scheduling a time, setting a version (including ones you can’t even see, like 18.7) and scoping it to the a Device Group (smart group).  In my case, I have a device group specifically for this which excludes some iPads on purpose.

We also have 5 mac minis set up as content caching servers - which do not need to be configured in the MDM in any way, just set to look at the right network subnets.