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Onboard and offboard macOS devices into Compliance solutions using JAMF Pro for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers

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You can use JAMF Pro to onboard macOS devices into Microsoft Purview solutions.

Important

Use this procedure if you have deployed Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) to your macOS devices

Applies to:

Tip

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Before you begin

  • Make sure your macOS devices are managed through JAMF pro and are associated with an identity (Microsoft Entra joined UPN) through JAMF Connect or Microsoft Intune.
  • OPTIONAL: Install the v95+ Edge browser on your macOS devices to have native Endpoint DLP support on Edge.

Note

The three most recent major releases of macOS are supported.

Onboard devices into Microsoft Purview solutions using JAMF Pro

Onboarding a macOS device into Compliance solutions is a multi-phase process.

  1. Update the existing MDE Preference domain profile using the JAMF PRO console
  2. Enable full-disk access Enable accessibility access to Microsoft Purview data loss prevention
  3. Check the macOS device

Prerequisites

Download the following files:

File Description
accessibility.mobileconfig Accessibility
fulldisk.mobileconfig Full disk access (FDA)
schema.json MDE preference

If any of these individual files are updated, you must download the updated bundled file and redeploy as described.

Tip

We recommend downloading the bundled mdatp.mobileconfig file, rather than the individual .mobileconfig files. The bundled file includes the following required files:

  • accessibility.mobileconfig
  • fulldisk.mobileconfig
  • netfilter.mobileconfig
  • sysext.mobileconfig

If any of these files are updated, you need to either download the updated bundle, or download each updated file individually.

Note

To download the files:

  1. Right-click the link and select Save link as....
  2. Choose a folder and save the file.

Update the existing MDE Preference domain profile using the JAMF PRO console

  1. Replace the schema.json file in the MDE deployment with the updated version that you just downloaded.

  2. Under MDE Preference Domain Properties choose this setting:

    • Features
      • Use Data Loss Prevention: enabled

  3. Choose the Scope tab.

  4. Choose the groups to deploy this configuration profile to.

  5. Choose Save.

Enable full-disk access

To update the existing full disk access profile with the fulldisk.mobileconfig file, upload fulldisk.mobileconfig to JAMF. For more information, refer to Set up the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on macOS policies in Jamf Pro.

Enable accessibility access to Microsoft Purview data loss prevention

To grant accessibility access to DLP, upload the accessibility.mobileconfig file you downloaded previously to JAMF, as described in Deploy system configuration profiles.

Check the macOS device

  1. Restart the macOS device.

  2. Open System Preferences > Profiles.

  3. The following profiles are now listed:

    • Accessibility
    • MAU
    • MDATP Onboarding
    • MDE Preferences
    • Management profile
    • Network filter
    • Notifications
    • System extension profile

Offboard macOS devices using JAMF Pro

Important

Offboarding causes the device to stop sending sensor data to the portal. However, data from the device, including references to any alerts it has had, will be retained for up to six months.

To offboard a macOS device, follow these steps

  1. Under MDE Preference Domain Properties remove the values for these settings

    • Features
      • Use Data Loss Prevention

  2. Choose Save.