Enable Enrollment Helper on a device
Apple devices must be enrolled in Device Management for Apple before you can apply Configuration Profiles or send commands to them. When you enable the Enrollment Helper for a macOS device, the end user is prompted to enroll their device using a step-by-step guide to authorize the device for enrollment in Device Management for Apple.
Enrollment of Virtual Machines (VMs) in Device Management for Apple is not tested or supported.
If the Enrollment Helper is disabled at the account or customer level, use this task to enroll specific macOS devices.
To enable Enrollment Helper to prompt end users to enroll their device:
- On the N-sight RMM Dashboard North-pane Workstations tab, right-click the target workstation and select Enable Enrollment Helper
- In the confirmation prompt dialog, click OK
The end user is prompted to enroll their device.
The enrollment profile is downloaded to: /Library/DeviceManagementHelper/temp/mdm_profile.mobileconfig
If the MDM Helper guide does not launch, double-click mdm_profile.mobileconfig to authorize the device enrollment.
End user actions
When end-users are prompted to enroll their device, they complete the following steps:
- In the Enrollment dialog, select Continue to enroll your device, or opt to install the enrollment profile at a more convenient time by selecting Later
When you select Continue, an explanation of the next required steps is displayed.
- Enter an administrative password when prompted to authorize changes
macOS only supports one mobile device management MDM solution per device. If we detect a third-party MDM profile on the device, our MDM profile does not install, and the N-sight RMM Dashboard indicates the discovery of another MDM on the device. You must remove the existing MDM profile from the device.
After the device authenticates with the Device Management for Apple server, we return a successful enrollment message on the computer and in the device Summary tab on the N-sight RMM Dashboard.
After the device is enrolled, the end user no longer receives security or permission notifications for our products, except for Screen Recording for Take Control, which Apple does not allow to be approved using any MDM solution.
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