MDM Glossary Terms

Question 1

MDM

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Mobile Device Management - A slight misnomer since all devices, not just Mobile, are managed using MDM

Question 2

ADM

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Apple Device Management - MDM that’s specific to only Apple device

Question 3

UEM

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Unified Endpoint Management - Let’s you Manage Platforms from many vendors, like Apple, Microsoft, Android, etc

Question 4

ABM/ASM

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Apple Business Manager / Apple School Manager- Apple Business Manager enables automated device enrollment, giving organizations a fast, streamlined way to deploy corporate-owned Apple devices and enroll in MDM without having to physically touch or prepare each device.

Question 5

Apps & Books

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Apple’s framework for Enterprise licensing and distribution of Applications and Books from the Apple App Store.
Needs ABM enrollment. (FKA VPP/Volume Purchase Program)

Question 6

ADE

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Automated Device Enrollment - Apple’s framework for Zero-Touch Enrollment.
Needs ABM enrollment (FKA DEP/Device Enrollment Program)

Question 7

APNs

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Apple Push Notification service - Apple’s notification service that enables MDM solutions to install profiles/apps on Apple devices

Question 8

macOS

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Operating System used by Apple Mac devices; each major version of macOS has its own name like “Big Sur” or “Catalina” (Mac OS X (pronounced Mac Oh Es Ten))

Question 9

IdP

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Identity Provider - Identity providers such as Okta, Azure AD, Ping, OneLogin, Google Workspace, etc.

Question 10

AD

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Active Directory - A database of users within an organization

Question 11

O365

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Office 365 - A Microsoft product that provides Software tools such as MS Office, and services such as identity management.

Question 12

Bash/ZSHl/Python

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Programming languages specifically used by Admins to automate tasks

Question 13

Swift

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Primary programming language for creating apps compatible with Apple devices

Question 14

API

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Application Programming Interface - A programming standard used to programmatically (ie Not using the GUI) pass commands and data between applications or services.

Question 15

DMG

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Disk Image - A format for managing Disk images typically used to deploy applications

Question 16

PKG

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Package - A file format for packaging and distributing applications.

Question 17

GUI

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Graphical User Interface - It is the common user Interface that includes Graphical representation like buttons and icons, and communication can be performed by interacting with these icons rather than the usual text-based or command-based communication.

Question 18

Packaging

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The act of building a deployable application bundle can be a DMG, PKG, or even ZIP file. May include scripts.

Question 19

Patch Management

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The act of maintaining the desired minimum/maximum versions of apps/operating systems on a managed device

Question 20

Provisioning

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The act of configuring a device by installing applications, as well as setting up preferences and restrictions (This is the job of the Blueprint)

Question 21

OTA

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Over the Air - A way of communicating with a device outside of an Enterprise’s network and leveraging wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi or cellular.

Question 22

CLI

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Command Line Interface - A command-line interface (CLI) processes commands to a computer program in the form of lines of text

Question 23

SCIM

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System for Cross-domain Identity Management - The System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) specification is designed to make managing user identities in cloud-based applications and services easier.