§ Deployment
Apple Business Manager
The macOS × Intune field manual / est. 2024
Managing macOS with Microsoft Intune
The community playbook for deploying, configuring, and securing Macs with Intune — battle-tested guides, baseline settings, scripts, and tools, maintained by Microsoft MVPs.
80+
Field-tested guides
6
Microsoft MVPs
17
Baseline settings
100%
Free & open source
§ Contents — what’s inside
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01
Complete macOS Deployment
Zero-touch enrollment with Apple Business Manager, Company Portal, and Defender — start to finish.
02
Platform Single Sign-On
Passwordless, Entra-backed sign-in on every Mac — including browser SSO and rollout insights.
03
FileVault Encryption
Enforce full-disk encryption during Setup Assistant and escrow recovery keys to Intune.
04
Declarative Device Management
The modern, proactive MDM protocol for Apple — what it is, how to configure it, and why it matters.
05
Custom Attributes
Surface anything from a Mac with shell-script custom attributes for richer reporting and compliance.
06
Troubleshooting
Decode cryptic enrollment errors and the most common macOS management failures — and fix them fast.
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Import the baseline settings
Deploy a community-vetted security baseline, built on the Open Intune Baseline (OIB), to your tenant in minutes.
Import the baselineMaintainers
Maintained by Microsoft MVPs and the community.
Real engineers who manage Mac fleets every day — keeping every guide accurate and current.
Ugur Koc
Microsoft MVP · Cloud Engineer @ glueckkanja
Somesh Pathak
Microsoft MVP · Infrastructure Engineer @ NN Group
Steffen Schwerdtfeger
Cloud Architect @ glueckkanja
Niklas Tinner
Microsoft MVP · Founder @ Oceanleaf
Joery Van den Bosch
Microsoft MVP · Modern Work Architect @ Arxus
James Robinson
Microsoft MVP · EUC Workstream Lead @ PowerON
…plus dozens of community contributors. Add your name on GitHub →
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