TAG: Declarative Device Management

5 articles tagged Declarative Device Management. All tags.

Orchestrating the Status Channel, Part 1: Reading What the Device Reports

Map Windows DSC compliance reporting to Apple DDM status items in Jamf Pro. Learn to retrieve and parse management.declarations status data using the Jamf Pro API and PowerShell 7+.

Orchestrating the Status Channel, Part 2: Configuring Jamf Pro Webhooks for DDM Events

Translate SCCM status filter rules to Jamf Pro webhooks. Learn the event model, configure webhooks via the Jamf Pro API using PowerShell, and understand what a webhook consumer must implement.

Orchestrating the Status Channel, Part 3: Receiving a Webhook and Acting on DDM Status

Close the DDM remediation loop with PowerShell. Parse a Jamf Pro webhook payload, query DDM declaration status, and trigger a targeted sync for non-compliant devices via the Jamf Pro API.

DDM Architecture Shift, Part 2: The Autonomous Endpoint

How the macOS client becomes an autonomous desired-state engine: parsing declarations, evaluating predicates, applying configurations, and enforcing state without waiting for server commands.

DDM Architecture Shift, Part 3: Status Channel and Delta Reporting

How DDM status subscriptions let Apple devices report subscribed state changes without legacy inventory polling, using status item key paths, delta reports, FullReport, and Base64 JSON.