I'm stuck. I'd like to think I'm reasonably good looking info up, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to deploy mac software in an enterprise, like with Group Policy.) I'm not talking about deploying images, I mean, for example how to make sure every mac has the latest version of flash installed, or whatever. (I'm not expecting to support third-party installers, just .pkg and maybe manual "Put this directory here", which of course I can roll my own .pkg for.)
I've got an OSX server (10.6) setup in "Golden Triangle" (OD talking with AD) so users can log in with their AD accounts, and I can manage Apple updates, or user preferences, but deploying…? Am I missing something obvious? (Or is it Apple?)
P.S. We have Apple Remote Desktop as well, but that's only for one-off's…
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We are just starting to use Munki, which works very similar to WPKG for Windows. It looks to the end user very similar to Apple Software Update.
It's great at both deploying and updating software and only requires a Web Server (all static files so any will do) to run.