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In our institution, we have recently transitioned over to Jamf Connect as our way of logging in our users from our directory/databse. through this new integrations, we have moved away from binding our endpoints to a domain and use cloud-based directories to locate and apply users/policies. With the need of only an internet connection, users have a much easier login experience than before! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Currently Jamf connect can only identify users email address as their account name. This causes MacOS to name their home folder the email adress alias. We have priniting process we have in place it uses and different username/alias to charge their account print credit. Since Jamf connect applies email address to name the home folder automatically, the printing process tries to charge the email and not the users appropriate username. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Each student can sit down at any computer running Jamf Connect and log on with their Entra ID credentials. It will create a local account for the student if one doesn't yet exist, and then sync their Entra ID password with the local account. The just-in-time account creation makes this product perfect in lab enviornments where you do not know ahead of time who will need to log onto the computer.
Another awesome feature is the ability to customize the login window completely. You can create a polished, professional, branded login window that really looks good. It's awesome to have the school's name and logo right there where everyone logs on.
Jamf provides a great utility to help you implement the product. It's very easy, especially if you also use Jamf Pro! If you don't have Entra ID, it can integrate with other identity providers such as Okta or Google. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only dislike I have with it (and this is not Jamf's fault, it's an Apple limitation) is if you have enabled FileVault, there will be two logins when you turn the computer on. You will first need to unlock the hard drive with the FileVault password, then enter your Entra ID credentials. It is for this reason that I mostly use it for lab environments or other shared desktops.
The double login only occurs after a restart, so it's not really that much of an inconvenience to be honest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Jamf Connect has allowed us to give our end-users brand-new Macs without my team having to touch the device ahead of time. This saves my team and our end users a lot of time. The setup of a new Mac for the end user is simple and we get very few help desk calls related to a new Mac deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Getting set up with Jamf Connect is not for the faint of heart. Thankfully, Jamf includes professional services to get the environment set up and there is a great support community at Jamf Nation and on the #jamfconnect channel at the MacAdmins Slack site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We evaluated Jamf Connect and found the domain login features to be helpful and convenient. Just in time account provisioning is such a great convenience and would allow us some better flexibility for loaner and shared workstations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Having to login twice when FileVault is enabled is frustrating. Our biggest roadblock, however, was the cost. With Jamf Pro costs already having increased pretty significantly over the past few years, adding in the cost of Jamf Connect just wasn't feasible, as interested as we were in the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
One of the biggest benefits we gained from JAMF Connect was streamlining the onboarding experience for our users. It allowed us to connect our IDP with a frontend app to validate employee credentials easily. Combined with custom branding, this created a positive experience for both new and existing employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
One of the features I dislike is the system we use for IDP is okta in which the creds in that system our employees are not admins.
So once an employee logs into their systems as and admin and if JAMF connect syncs it would change their account to a local user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Jamf connect helps simplify authentication to Mac endpoints using Microsoft Entra credentials. It makes zero touch device deployment easy, and has a bunch of other great features to make managing our Mac fleet and the users on them easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Keeping up with new features in updates requires staying on top of my game. I sometimes have to rebuild my configuration profile to leverage the new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
How easy it was to migrate over from being bound to AD, being able to provision user accounts for ease of Zero touch Mac deployments, and authentication (MFA) and password sync to our ADP! Excited to see what's next with privilegement! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's limited offline capability, but that's because it's designed to specifically work with a cloud IdP, cost, and sometimes sync issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The fact that it can use Sso to create new admin users and FileVault the machine at in one swoop is chefs kiss Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Downside is Jamf connect uses OKTa admin rules when you sign in a secondary time and in our case it will promote all users to standard users revoking their admin rights. Because our users wil not be okta admins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Configuration and implementation was a breeze. It allows for authentication using multiple methods. We use Google. When I had a licensing issue, customer support was great and fast! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Renewing the license for Jamf Connect wasn't seamless. There were issues and we had to contact support in order to resolve them. Don't wait to update your license, as you may have to wait on support to fix an issue on your account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The product is a lot more reliable than when we had our shared macbooks bound to active directory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The product still has its own issues at times. A lot of the issues stem from Apple updates and waiting for the product to get its own update from Jamf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is not complicated to implement. I think the only challenge is in the environment. We had a hell of a time trying to get it to work because our infrastructure is so poorly designed and unable to easily acommodate new technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Would prefer that it be a default offering when you buy jamfpro Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
