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Supervision and Jamf Now

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Description

This article discusses supervision and how it is used in Jamf Now. This article will cover:

A. What is supervision and how is it used in Jamf Now?
B. How can we supervise devices?
C. How do I know if a device is supervised?

A. What is supervision and how is it used in Jamf Now?

Supervision provides additional control over the configuration and restrictions of a computer or mobile device that is owned by your organization. Supervision is required for certain blueprint restrictions and commands. The features in Jamf Now require supervision are listed on:


B. How can we supervise devices?

Devices enrolled in Jamf Now using Auto-Enrollment will automatically be supervised, otherwise:

C. How do I know if a device is supervised?

From Jamf Now:

  1. The Devices tab: Supervised devices will have the icon shown below.

  2. Individual device dashboards: The Details tab on the device's individual dashboard shows Supervised Yes/ No.

On the device itself:

iPads and iPhones will also show the supervision status on the device itself in the Settings app under General > About.


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