About Jamf Connect
Jamf Connect is an app that allows administrators to manage authentication by connecting a user's local macOS account to their organization's cloud identity (network account). Jamf Connect includes two core components:
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Login window
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Menu bar app
Login Window
The login window is an authorization plug-in that modifies the default macOS login process and login window UI.
The login window can perform the following tasks on computers:
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Enable authentication to the Mac with a cloud identity provider (IdPs)
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Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) requirements
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Create local accounts during an Apple provisioning workflow
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Enable FileVault
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Link a user's network account with an existing local account
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Convert a mobile account into a local account (demobilization)
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Display custom branding
Menu Bar App
The menu bar app helps users manage their network and local passwords.
The menu bar app can perform the following tasks:
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Continuously keep local and network account passwords in sync
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Retrieve Kerberos tickets, if a Kerberos realm is specified
Note: Computers must be connected to an on-premise Active Directory domain controller during Kerberos authentication.
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Sync keychain item passwords with a network account
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Run scripts automatically or on a specified schedule
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Configure access to file shares
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Configure custom actions
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Display custom branding