Hi Community, we’re planning to enroll several newly purchased MacBooks into our organization using Hexnode. To streamline the process, we’re looking for a way to skip the setup assistant steps during enrollment, so users don’t have to go through them manually. I would really appreciate any tips on how to make this work!
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Hexnode Expert
19 hours ago
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Hey @arthur , since your devices are newly purchased you can add them to your Apple Business Manager (ABM) portal and enroll them using Apple’s Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) method. With ADE, you can assign an enrollment profile to each device that allows you to skip Setup Assistant steps and pre-configure user account creation.
Here’s how you can skip the Setup Assistant steps during ADE enrollment,
- Log in to your Hexnode UEM portal.
- Navigate to Enroll > Platform-Specific > iOS/macOS/tvOS > Apple Business/School Manager.
- Go to Enrollment Profiles.
- Click on Create Enrollment Profile.
- Select Setup Assistant and click on Configure.
By enabling the option Automatically advance through Setup Assistant, you can skip all the steps involved in setup. You can also choose to skip specific steps such as FileVault and iCloud storage setup instead of skipping all of them.
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Participant
15 hours ago
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Can we also manage account creation on the Macs through the enrollment profiles? Setting up user accounts on each device individually after enrollment seems time-consuming. So, is there a way to remotely configure user accounts on the devices?
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Hexnode Expert
14 hours ago
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@arthur , you’re right! Setting up user accounts on each device individually can be a nightmare. But with ADE, enrollment profiles can help you manage user account creation on your macOS devices and overcome this issue.
To configure this, go to:
Enroll > Platform-Specific > iOS/macOS/tvOS > Apple Business/School Manager > Enrollment Profiles, then click on Account Creation.
From there, you can:
- Pre-configure a managed admin account,
- Enforce local user account creation (admin or standard),
- Or choose to skip account creation entirely
Check out our help doc on managing account creation using enrollment profiles which will help you get a clear understanding over the topic.
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12 hours ago
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Thank you for your input, @kylian_parker .
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