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Automatically Set Device "Location"?

Hello,We are trying to figure out if there is a way to automatically set the "Location" of our iPads in Jamf School. We have a naming standard where the device has the name of the building as a part of the iPad name. Using that we have created some S...  View more

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Update problem with 17.1 especially on Apple TV?

Are there any known problems with the 17.1 update and especially Apple TV (no 4K)? tvOS 17 pushed to our devices without problems, installing 17.1 delivers the following error "Jamf School cannot determine the OS update status. The update likely fail...  View more

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Jamf 200 Education Pricing?

Hi,I am currently budgeting for next year, and in the coming months we'll start using Jamf School more. I might have some money over, so I am thinking about getting the Jamf 200 cert since it looks like the one that has the most value of 200 and 240....  View more

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Release devices

What is the best way to release a device when it's no longer in your organization? You are able to do it through Jamf School or Apple School Manager, which option should you use?Thanks!  View more

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Updates and shared iPads

In all of our years of using JAMF School with shared iPads, we have had to manually reset a large number of iPads with each update. Even with the last update! This took us three days of work with two people. What's wrong with you that after years you...  View more

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IOS 17 focus mode wallpaper issue

Hi All, We have an issue with students changing their background to a custom wallpaper after upgrading to ios 17. Students are doing this through focus mode. I can't find any restrictions to block this. Is there any way around this or a solution?Can ...  View more

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Stolen iPad find the thief...

Hello all,we had a break-in at one of our schools.Among other things, iPads were stolen. The police is already investigating.A few iPads have network access again and report to the Jamfschool server. The thief has stored his own Apple ID and installe...  View more

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Adding Google Chrome to IOS - Jamf School

We use to have Google Chrome installed on all our Ipads.But all of sudden Google Chrome is gone.And now I can't add it again. I have tried deleting one of the iPads and creating a new profile etc. and only added Google chrome.But it still does not wo...  View more

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Jamf School - Managed Apps - Failed Internal Error

Hello,I am finding that some apps are failing to install on iPads and the details listed are "Internal Error." Has anyone else encountered this? When I had apps fail to load in Jamf Pro I would wipe the iPad and re-enroll and they would all load. I w...  View more

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Jamf 100 for Jamf School admins?

We are managing iPads for Education and a small hand full of Macs as Caching Servers for our City Administration. We were thinking about doing some certifications but it seems the focus is on Jamf Pro. At least the Jamf 100 seems to contain things th...  View more

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Prevent iOS17 Upgrade

Is there way to block iOS 17? I would like to update to iOS 16.6.1 only.I have defer settings but is still showing up on iPads.Thank you  View more

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Why or how does the "Clear Parent Restriction" work ?

Why or how does the “Clear Parent Restriction” work?We have found that as soon as the function is triggered via Jamf Portal, the student iPad loses the set restrictions of the parent app, but shortly afterwards the set restrictions of the parent app ...  View more

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Jamf School & Google Accounts

I'm pretty new to Jamf, and I've never set up iPads for a school before. I'm wondering how I can set up Jamf to let students and staff use their Google credentials to log in to the iPads.My idea is to have students and staff log in using their Google...  View more

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One Application Allowed

Hi, are there anyway for me to disable all other apps except Google Chrome for macOS Device.By default we have Apple Pages, Numbers, Safari etc. During exam, I only want students to login and only able to use only Google Chrome.Thank you  View more

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Inventory of devices

How do you all keep an inventory on your devices? What do you use as an asset tag in Jamf? I am looking for a better way to track our devices.  View more

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Overdue license

Can someone tell us if there is any option to know what was the last device is enrolled at Jamf School to check what happens when you are in overdue lincense process. Thank you  View more

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iPad Set Up

I am new to Jamf and enrolling iPads for all of our students. Right now I am going in and entering the wifi password on each iPad to get it connected to Jamf. Is there a better way to do this? Can I somehow push the wifi password to the iPads in auto...  View more

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