New User Startup

[pladmin]

Hi,

I'm looking to have a better New User experience. I've just set up DEP/Deployment and will be sending machines to the new users. When the startup is done I want them to complete a few tasks before they can use the machine, things like:
- Screen asking if they have used a Mac and if not sends them to training
- Insert their inventory tag
- Send them to Self Service with messaging telling them what it is.
- etc

My asks are: what have been your experiences with this, what do you have people do, and any guidance/links to help (tried to find here but couldn't find relevant info)?

[adamcodega]

Right now there's three open source apps meant to run as enrollment assistants after Apple's Setup Assistant finishes and the user is at the desktop for the first time.

SplashBuddy, formerly CasperSplash, it's wiki has a really good overview and setup guide

ProgressScreen, first came out after IBM's JNUC 2014 presentation

DEP-enrolment, takes asset tag input

[GabeShack]

Our naming scheme for staff machines includes the barcode as the last piece in the name IE Builiding-position-barcoode or HS-teacher99999. Then a script reads the barcode and inserts it into the JSS Asset Tag Field (for computers not mobile devices).

#!/bin/sh

#1st get computer name#
COMPNAME=`/usr/sbin/scutil --get ComputerName`

#2-grab the last 5 characters#
vasset=${COMPNAME:(-5)}

#3-set the asset in Casper#
jamf recon -skipApps -skipFonts -skipPlugins -assetTag $vasset

Gabe Shackney
Princeton Public Schools