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:
Login window
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:
Enable authentication to the Mac with a cloud identity provider (IdPs)
Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) requirements
Create local accounts during an Apple provisioning workflow
Enable FileVault
Link a user's network account with an existing local account
Convert a mobile account into a local account (demobilization)
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:
Continuously keep local and network account passwords in sync
- Retrieve Kerberos tickets, if a Kerberos realm is specifiedNote:
Computers must be connected to an on-premise Active Directory domain controller during Kerberos authentication.
Pair a Mac computer with a mobile device that has the Jamf Unlock app installed.
Sync keychain item passwords with a network account
Run scripts automatically or on a specified schedule
Configure access to file shares
Configure custom actions
Display custom branding