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Jamf Pro - Update Privileges App

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 681903 Jamf Pro - Update Privileges App.

Description: Details of maintenance: Update Privileges elevation tool to the latest version to enable updated security features and functionality.

Benefit of change: There are various benefits of the new version of Privileges. Here is the release page on changes made up to the latest version. https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges/releases -Revoke admin rights at login

  • Unified expiration interval for administrator privileges

  • Renew expiring administrator privileges at any time

  • Smart card and PIV token support

  • Tamper protection (requires macOS 13 or newer)

  • Run actions on privilege change

  • Status item for the macOS menu bar

  • Command line tool now supports Touch ID

  • AppleScript support

  • Webhooks

  • Localized in 41 languages

  • Elevate privileges by end user credentials for better security

  • Send logs to Elastic when privileges change Impact to customers: The functionality of the customer device will be the same but the Privileges application UI has been slightly updated to a more sleek look.

Jamf Pro - TAMU_WiFi Profile

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 667155 Jamf Pro - TAMU_WiFi Profile.

Description: Details of maintenance: A new computer Configuration Profile was created in Jamf Pro for TAMU_WiFi access. This profile has been assigned to all macOS devices to ensure it is installed before the current WiFi profile expires on April 18th, 2026.

Benefit of change: Devices with the new WiFi profile will maintain uninterrupted wireless internet access and will not experience connection issues after the current WiFi certificate expires.

Impact to customers: If the device cannot receive the WiFi profile after the current certificate expires, campus members might need to log in locally instead of using Jamf Connect/Entra login to connect to TAMU_WiFi, or they may need to troubleshoot why the profile failed to install.

Jamf Pro - TAMU_WiFi Profile

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 668546 Jamf Pro - TAMU_WiFi Profile.

Description: Details of maintenance: A new computer Configuration Profile was created in Jamf Pro for TAMU_WiFi access. This profile has been assigned to all macOS devices to ensure it is installed before the current WiFi profile expires on April 18th, 2026.

Benefit of change: Devices with the new WiFi profile will maintain uninterrupted wireless internet access and will not experience connection issues after the current WiFi certificate expires.

Impact to customers: If the device cannot receive the WiFi profile after the current certificate expires, campus members might need to log in locally instead of using Jamf Connect/Entra login to connect to TAMU_WiFi, or they may need to troubleshoot why the profile failed to install.

[Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.24 to 11.25]

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 583020 [Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.24 to 11.25].

Description: Details of maintenance: Upgrading Jamf Pro Server from 11.24 to 11.25. Note: This upgrade is performed by the UEM Team.

Benefit of change: This upgrade provides the following feature enhancements, bug fixes, and critical CVE vulnerability patches. (https://learn.jamf.com/en-US/bundle/jamf-pro-release-notes-current/page/New_Features_and_Enhancements.html)

Impact to customers: Jamf Pro console access and device enrollment capabilities for IT support teams may not be available during the upgrade.

Jamf Pro Release Notes 11.24.0

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Jamf Pro Release Notes 11.24.0

OIDC-based SSO Through Jamf Account Enabled by Default for New Jamf Pro Instances

Automatic Jamf Protect Tenant Registration

Configuration Profiles

Mobile Device Configuration Profiles

Improved Declarative Device Management for Migrated Instances

A "Federated" user account type has been added to Jamf Pro, designed for use with OIDC-based SSO through Jamf Account. This addition supports improvements to the Jamf Pro setup experience. Federated user accounts do not have a password and cannot be used for local login, Self Service login, or enrollments.

The resource center has been relocated to the sidebar in the Jamf Pro interface.

Jamf Pro API Changes and Enhancements

[Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.21.1 to 11.24]

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 509999 [Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.21.1 to 11.24].

Description: [Copied from change 400463]

Details of maintenance: Upgrading Jamf Pro Server from 11.21.1 to 11.24. Note: This upgrade is performed by the UEM Team.

Benefit of change: This upgrade provides the following feature enhancements, bug fixes, and critical CVE vulnerability patches. (https://learn.jamf.com/en-US/bundle/jamf-pro-release-notes-11.24.0/page/New_Features_and_Enhancements.html)

Impact to customers: Jamf Pro console access and device enrollment capabilities for IT support teams may not be available during the upgrade.

Jamf Pro - Updating Elastic Deployment Script - Agent Version

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 400252 Jamf Pro - Updating Elastic Deployment Script - Agent Version.

Description: Details of maintenance: Update the script used to deploy and update Elastic in our Jamf servers. We will update the installed version to the latest Elastic Stack version set by IT Security (9.1.5)

Benefit of change: This change updates the deployment script for Elastic to stay up to date with the latest Elastic Stack set by IT Security. This will update enrolled devices to the latest version and new enrolled devices will start out on the latest set version.

Impact to customers: None. Happens in the background.

[Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.19 to 11.21.1]

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 400463 [Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.19 to 11.21.1].

Description: Details of maintenance: Upgrading Jamf Pro Server from 11.19 to 11.21.1. Note: This upgrade is performed by the UEM Team.

Benefit of change: This upgrade provides the following feature enhancements, bug fixes, and critical CVE vulnerability patches. (https://learn.jamf.com/en-US/bundle/jamf-pro-release-notes-11.21.1/page/New_Features_and_Enhancements.html

Impact to customers: Jamf Pro console access and device enrollment capabilities for IT support teams may not be available during the upgrade.

[Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.19 to 11.21]

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Andrew Barnett
Senior IT Professional II

Change Request 392611 [Upgrading Jamf Pro from 11.19 to 11.21].

Description: Details of maintenance: [Describe the basic change being made and why. Provide enough description to understand the change and need for the change but not the implementation steps.] [Example: Upgrading Jamf Pro Server from 11.19 to 11.21. Note: This upgrade is performed by the vendor.]

Benefit of change: [State the simple benefit of the change.] [Example: This upgrade provides the following feature enhancements, bug fixes, and critical CVE vulnerability patches. (List each and provide URL to Release Notes.]

Impact to customers: [Example: Jamf Pro console access and device enrollment capabilities for IT support teams may not be available during the upgrade.]