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1 day ago

Restrict users from changing wallpaper

Hello people We have a new Mac at our reception bay for monitoring CCTV footage and tracking employee in-and-out flow. To maintain a professional appearance, we configured an attractive wallpaper using Hexnode. However, there is an option called "Show as wallpaper" under Screen Saver settings that allows users to modify the wallpaper. We looked around…

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1 week ago

Rapid Security Response and Removal Process

Hey everyone, I recently updated my iPhone and noticed the alphabetical letter at the end of the version number. I'm curious about Apple's new Rapid Security Response feature associated with this update. Could anyone explain what this feature involves and how it enhances security on Apple devices?  

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3 weeks ago

How to control apps notifications on Apple devices?

Recently, one of our employees reported that their assigned iOS device is not showing any Microsoft Teams messages or Outlook emails in the notifications. Because of this, they are missing important messages and emails, making it harder for them to keep track of everything. Is there any policy or configuration profile we can configure to…

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4 weeks ago

Setting up AirPlay on Mac

Hey everyone,  I deployed a configuration profile via Deploy Custom Configuration policy to set up AirPlay destinations on a Mac. Although the profile deployed successfully, the destination device is still asking for a password.  Here's the configuration profile I used:  I'm unsure what's causing this issue. Can anyone assist? 

Ideation
1 year ago

Allow local user to auto promote/demote

We use tools to allow local user to promote to admin for a short period of time (1h), they must provide reason and this action is sent to our SIEM for monitoring. We use : Privilege (https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges) for macOS MakeMeAdmin (https://github.com/pseymour/MakeMeAdmin) for Windows Now that you added local users management on Hexnode, offering a similar…

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2 years ago

Add Admin user with functionality like Microsoft LAPS

I have been a long-time user of Microsoft LAPS and would like to have similar functionality in Hexnode across different operating systems. Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a function that prevents using the same administrative passwords across different endpoints/devices. It regularly changes the passwords and enables management software to retrieve the correct password for…

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2 years ago

Slack Integration

Dear Team, A slack integration could be really useful for generating alerts. All alerts and notifications can be easily notified to a channel or an IT admin.Saves the time to check emails or Hexnode dashboard. Cheers Ceetus