[Jeff Hexnode 28 May 2021 Jeff Moderator]

Hey @Matilda, thanks for reaching out to us!

Hexnode does support restricting access to camera services with its ‘Restrictions’ payload.

All you’ve to do is head on to Policies, navigate to the Restrictions pane under the macOS platform, and uncheck the Camera option to disable access to the camera directly or from other apps. Next, associate the policy with your students’ MacBooks. Your students will no longer be able to access the camera again.

Once the vacation is over, you can either delete the policy or remove your MacBooks from the policy to enable camera access again.

Note that disabling camera services works only on macOS 10.11+ devices.

Hope this answers your query.

Cheers!
Jeff Morrison
Hexnode UEM

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by  Jeff Morrison.

[Matilda Participant 28 May 2021 Matilda Participant]

I forgot to mention that out of our total devices, there are around 100-150 macbooks that need to be exempted from this restriction. Please suggest the right way to implement this.

[Jeff Hexnode 28 May 2021 Jeff Moderator]

Hey @Matilda,

You can make use of the grouping feature to create a device/user group containing only the necessary devices whose camera access is to be restricted. The dynamic grouping feature is yet another add-on that can be utilized to automatically add your 10000+ devices based on several condition filters. It also allows you to exempt those 150-200 devices from the device group by adding an ‘exclude criteria’ common to all these devices. Then, you can target the policy to this device group.

Feel free to check out our device group management articles to know more.

Hope that helps!

Thanks again,
Jeff Morrison
Hexnode UEM