Inchoate Explications

IAP in Google Cloud # Google’s IAP is phenomonal technology that should be more widely known by those working with GCP.

GCP (Google Cloud): Getting a list of all Projects in a GCP Org (tenant) # When dealing with Google Cloud (GCP), how can we get a list of all existing projects (for example) ? There are a number of good posts out there about this, so I’m not presenting anything especially novel here. But - if nothing else - hopefully this will be useful to others, and I’m recording it here for posterity.

Managing Entra/Azure users (immutableID) with Microsoft Graph # When dealing with federated user identities, you’ve very likely encountered situations in which a user’s ImmutableID needs to be altered.

Current Thoughts about Contempoary macOS Security # Original Publication Date: 2024-02-07 # Current Thoughts about Contempoary macOS Security # When it comes to managing Security for macOS in a corporate environment, the first critical requirement is to understand that macOS is not Windows. Of course this is known and understood by all veteran Mac Admins, but it bears repeating for anyone who might have extensive experience handling Security policies and protections for Windows, but is newly tasked with pursing the same for macOS.

Managing Adobe updates remotely via Jamf or other MDM # Adobe provides their Remote Update Manager tool, which you can read more about from Adobe

Microsoft Entra (Azure) discovery # When you face (are tasked with) Azure/Entra discovery or cataloging, and want to work in an efficient manner, be sure to use the following:

macOS and advanced network commands for managing DNS settings # While MDM is unequivocally a must for managing macOS at (really any) scale, there are times when the core capabilities of MDM won’t meet our needs, and a custom scripted approach is required.

GCP (Google Cloud): Discovery - collecting, reviewing auditing Projects and IAM # Pulling GCP IAM information typically means dealing with how GCP effectively uses Projects as a boundary/encapsulation.

IDRAC RED007: UNABLE TO VERIFY UPDATE PACKAGE SIGNATURE # Dell servers provide an iDRAC (“Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller”) card for remote management of the unit. Note that this feature is a default (with some limited functionality in the “express” version) in Dell’s most entry-level tower server options.

New items on a fileserver (network fileshare) from one user are missing (don’t show up) for other users: # A common occurrence with clients/users on Macs working with a fileserver (network shares) is that when someone else adds new items (files, folders) to network (server-based) sharepoint/folder/drive, other Mac users don’t see those new items, they appear to be missing or “hidden,” but they’re not.

macOS and the continuing saga of softwareupdate (software update) being “frozen” or not working, no updates listed # There is a well-known issue with macOS in which a Mac does not show available software updates. This has been occurring since the time of macOS Big Sur - aka “macOS ‘(this one) goes to’ 11”