Building DDM Declarations, Part 2: PowerShell Object Manipulation for DDM
Shows how to build DDM Configuration and Activation declarations with PowerShell objects, arrays, nested hashtables, predicates, and ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10.
TAG: Endpoint Management
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DDM Architecture Shift, Part 1: The Polling Bottleneck
Explains why legacy macOS MDM's polling model creates a server-side bottleneck: APNs, mdmclient, command queues, and the computational cost of repeated delta calculations.
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.
The Shell Crossover, Part 8: Logs and Troubleshooting from the macOS Terminal
Translate Event Viewer habits to macOS terminal troubleshooting with unified logging, log show, log stream, predicates, install.log, and tail.